| HAL : hal-00110486, version 1 |
| arXiv : astro-ph/0610936 |
| DOI : 10.1051/0004-6361:20065408 |
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| Astronomy and Astrophysics (2007) 107-118 |
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| Direct constraint on the distance of Gamma2 Velorum from AMBER/VLTI observations. |
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| F. Millour 1, 2R. G. Petrov 2 |
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| AMBER Collaboration(s) |
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| In this work, we present the first AMBER observations, of the Wolf-Rayet and O (WR+O) star binary system y² Velorum. The AMBER instrument was used with the telescopes UT2, UT3, and UT4 on baselines ranging from 46m to 85m. It delivered spectrally dispersed visibilities, as well as differential and closure phases, with a resolution R = 1500 in the spectral band 1.95-2.17 micron. We interpret these data in the context of a binary system with unresolved components, neglecting in a first approximation the wind-wind collision zone flux contribution. We show that the AMBER observables result primarily from the contribution of the individual components of the WR+O binary system. We discuss several interpretations of the residuals, and speculate on the detection of an additional continuum component, originating from the free-free emission associated with the wind-wind collision zone (WWCZ), and contributing at most to the observed K-band flux at the 5% level. The expected absolute separation and position angle at the time of observations were 5.1±0.9mas and 66±15° respectively. However, we infer a separation of 3.62+0.11-0.30 mas and a position angle of 73+9-11°. Our analysis thus implies that the binary system lies at a distance of 368+38-13 pc, in agreement with recent spectrophotometric estimates, but significantly larger than the Hipparcos value of 258+41-31 pc. |
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| 1 : | Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (LAOG) |
| CNRS : UMR5571 – OSUG – INSU – Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I | |
| 2 : | Laboratoire Universitaire d'Astrophysique de Nice (LUAN) |
| Université Nice Sophia Antipolis [UNS] – CNRS : UMR6525 – INSU | |
| 3 : | Laboratoire de Cosmologie, Astrophysique Stellaire & Solaire, de Planétologie et de Mécanique des Fluides (CASSIOPEE) |
| Université Nice Sophia Antipolis [UNS] – CNRS : UMR6202 – Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur – INSU | |
| 4 : | Laboratoire Gemini (LG) |
| CNRS : UMR6203 – Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur – INSU | |
| 5 : | Steward Observatory (STEWARD OBSERVATORY) |
| University of Arizona | |
| 6 : | Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL) |
| CNRS : UMR5574 – INSU – Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I – École Normale Supérieure - Lyon | |
| 7 : | Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA) |
| Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica | |
| 8 : | Max Planck Institute Für RadioAstronomie (MPIFR) |
| Max-Planck-Institut | |
| 9 : | European Southern Observatory (ESO) |
| ESO | |
| 10 : | XLIM (XLIM) |
| CNRS : UMR6172 – Université de Limoges | |
| 11 : | Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT) |
| CNRS : UMR5572 – INSU – Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées – Université Paul Sabatier [UPS] - Toulouse III | |
| 12 : | Division technique INSU/SDU (DTI) |
| INSU – CNRS : UPS855 | |
| 13 : | Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG) |
| CNRS : UMS832 – INSU – Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I | |
| 14 : | Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR) |
| Max-Planck-Institut | |
| 15 : | Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur (OCA) |
| CNRS : UMS2202 | |
| 16 : | Département de Mécanique des fluides et énergétique (ONERA - MFE) |
| ONERA | |
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| Domaine | : | Physique/Astrophysique/Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique Planète et Univers/Astrophysique/Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique Planète et Univers/Astrophysique |
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| Contributeur : Florentin Millour | |
| Soumis le : Mardi 31 Octobre 2006, 10:10:55 | |
| Dernière modification le : Mardi 21 Août 2012, 09:40:49 | |