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The Mass of the Cepheid V350 SgrV350 Sgr is a classical Cepheid suitable for mass determination. It has a hot companion which is prominent in the ultraviolet (UV) and which is not itself a binary. We have obtained two high-resolution echelle spectra of the companion at orbital velocity maximum and minimum with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope in the 1320 to 1510 Å region. By cross-correlating these spectra we obtained the orbital velocity amplitude of the companion with an uncertainty in the companion amplitude of 1.9 km s(exp −1). This provides a mass ratio of the Cepheid to the companion of 2.1. The UV energy distribution of the companion provides the mass of the companion, yielding a Cepheid mass of 5.2 ± 0.3 solar mass. This mass requires some combination of moderate main sequence core convective overshoot and rotation to match evolutionary tracks.
Document ID
20190025301
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Remage Evans, Nancy ORCID
(Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, MA, United States)
Proffitt, Charles ORCID
(Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Baltimore, MD, United States)
Carpenter, Kenneth G. ORCID
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Winston, Elaine M. ORCID
(Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, MA, United States)
Kober, Gladys V.
(Catholic Univ. of America Washington, DC, United States)
Gunther, H. Moritz
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MA, United States)
Gorynya, Natalia
(Academy of Sciences (USSR) Moscow, Russian Federation)
Rastorguev, Alexey
(Lomonosov Moscow State Univ. Moscow, Russian Federation)
Inno, L.
(Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie Heidelberg, Germany)
Date Acquired
May 23, 2019
Publication Date
October 8, 2018
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Volume: 866
Issue: 1
ISSN: 0004-6256
e-ISSN: 1538-3881
Subject Category
Astronomy
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN63525
GSFC-E-DAA-TN67859
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-03060
CONTRACT_GRANT: HST-GO-13368.008-A
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-26555
CONTRACT_GRANT: GO-13368.01-A
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX17AC49G
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NASA Technical Management
Keywords
V350 Sgr
high-resolution echelle spectra

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