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dc.contributor.authorGallenne, A
dc.contributor.authorMonnier, JD
dc.contributor.authorMérand, A
dc.contributor.authorKervella, P
dc.contributor.authorKraus, S
dc.contributor.authorSchaefer, GH
dc.contributor.authorGieren, W
dc.contributor.authorPietrzyński, G
dc.contributor.authorSzabados, L
dc.contributor.authorChe, X
dc.contributor.authorBaron, F
dc.contributor.authorPedretti, E
dc.contributor.authorMcAlister, H
dc.contributor.authorten Brummelaar, T
dc.contributor.authorSturmann, J
dc.contributor.authorSturmann, L
dc.contributor.authorTurner, N
dc.contributor.authorFarrington, C
dc.contributor.authorVargas, N
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-13T08:03:26Z
dc.date.issued2013-04
dc.description.abstractContext. More than 60% of Cepheids are in binary or multiple systems. Studying such systems could lead to a better understanding of the age and evolution of Cepheids. These are also useful tools to estimate the mass of Cepheids, and constrain theoretical models of their pulsation and evolution. Aims. We aim at determining the masses of Cepheids in binary systems, as well as their geometric distances and the flux contribution of the companions. The combination of interferometry with spectroscopy will offer a unique and independent estimate of the Cepheid masses. Methods. Using long-baseline interferometry at visible and infrared wavelengths, it is possible to spatially resolve binary systems containing a Cepheid down to milliarcsecond separations. Based on the resulting visual orbit and radial velocities, we can then derive the fundamental parameters of these systems, particularly the masses of the components and the geometric distance. We therefore performed interferometric observations of the first-overtone mode Cepheid V1334 Cyg with the CHARA/MIRC combiner. Results. We report the first detection of a Cepheid companion using long-baseline interferometry. We detect the signature of a companion orbiting V1334 Cyg at two epochs. We measure a flux ratio between the companion and the Cepheid f = 3.10 ± 0.08%, giving an apparent magnitude mH = 8.47 ± 0.15 mag. The combination of interferometric and spectroscopic data have enabled the unique determination of the orbital elements. P = 1938.6 ± 1.2 days, Tp = 2 443 616.1 ± 7.3, a = 8.54 ± 0.51 mas, i = 124.7 ± 1.8 ◦ , e = 0.190 ± 0.013, ω = 228.7 ± 1.6 ◦ , and Ω = 206.3 ± 9.4 ◦ . We derive a minimal distance d ∼ 691 pc, a minimum mass for both stars of 3.6 M , with a spectral type earlier than B5.5V for the companion star. Our measured flux ratio suggests that radial velocity detection of the companion using spectroscopy is within reach, and would provide an orbital parallax and model-free massesen_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors would like to thank the CHARA Array and Mount Wilson Observatory staff for their support. Research conducted at the CHARA Array is funded by the National Science Foundation through NSF grant AST-0908253, by Georgia State University, the W. M. Keck Foundation, the Packard Foundation, and the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute. J.D.M. acknowledges funding from the NSF grants AST-0707927 and AST-0807577. W.G. and G.P. gratefully acknowledge financial support for this work from the BASAL Centro de Astrofísica y Tecnologías Afines (CATA) PFB-06/2007. Support from the Polish National Science Centre grant MAESTRO and the Polish Ministry of Science grant Ideas Plus (awarded to G. P.) is also acknowledge. This research received the support of PHASE, the high angular resolution partnership between ONERA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, and University Denis Diderot Paris 7. A.G. acknowledges support from FONDECYT grant 3130361. LSz has been supported by the ESTEC Contract No.4000106398/12/NL/KML. This work made use of the SIMBAD and VIZIER astrophysical database from CDS, Strasbourg, France and the bibliographic informations from the NASA Astrophysics Data System. This research has made use of the Jean-Marie Mariotti Center LITpro service, co-developed by CRAL, LAOG and FIZEAU, and SearchCal service, co-developed by FIZEAU and LAOG/IPAG, and of CDS Astronomical Databases SIMBAD and VIZIER.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 552: A21en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1051/0004-6361/201321091
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/22006
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherEDP Sciencesen_GB
dc.subjecttechniquesen_GB
dc.subjectinterferometricen_GB
dc.subjectinstrumentationen_GB
dc.subjecthigh angular resolutionen_GB
dc.subjectstarsen_GB
dc.subjectvariablesen_GB
dc.subjectCepheidsen_GB
dc.subjectbinariesen_GB
dc.subjectcloseen_GB
dc.titleMultiplicity of Galactic Cepheids from long-baseline interferometry. I. CHARA/MIRC detection of the companion of V1334 Cygnien_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2016-06-13T08:03:26Z
dc.identifier.issn0004-6361
dc.descriptionThis is the final version of the article. Available from the publisher via the DOI in this record.en_GB
dc.identifier.journalAstronomy and Astrophysicsen_GB


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