Optical interferometry of 6 O-type HD stars

DOI

We present interferometric observations of six O-type stars that were made with the Precision Astronomical Visible Observations beam combiner at the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array. The observations include multiple brackets for three targets, {lambda} Ori A, {zeta} Oph, and 10 Lac, but there are only preliminary, single observations of the other three stars, {xi} Per, {alpha} Cam, and {zeta} Ori A. The stellar angular diameters range from 0.55mas for {zeta} Ori A down to 0.11mas for 10 Lac, the smallest star yet resolved with the CHARA Array. The rotational oblateness of the rapidly rotating star {zeta} Oph is directly measured for the first time. We assembled ultraviolet to infrared flux measurements for these stars, and then derived angular diameters and reddening estimates using model atmospheres and an effective temperature set by published results from analysis of the line spectrum. The model-based angular diameters are in good agreement with those observed. We also present estimates for the effective temperatures of these stars, derived by setting the interferometric angular size and fitting the spectrophotometry.

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Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.18690037
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/869/37
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Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/869/37
Provenance
Creator Gordon K.D.; Gies D.R.; Schaefer G.H.; Huber D.; Ireland M.; Hillier D.J.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2019
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy