THE ALGOL TRIPLE SYSTEM SPATIALLY RESOLVED AT OPTICAL WAVELENGTHS
| dc.contributor.author | Zavala, R. T. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hummel, C. A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Boboltz, D. A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ojha, R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shaffer, D. B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tycner, C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Richards, M. T. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hutter, D. J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-04T13:19:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-05-04T13:19:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-04-30 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Interacting binaries typically have separations in the milliarcsecond regime, and hence it has been challenging to resolve them at any wavelength. However, recent advances in optical interferometry have improved our ability to discern the components in these systems and have now enabled the direct determination of physical parameters. We used the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer to produce for the first time images resolving all three components in the well-known Algol triple system. Specifically, we have separated the tertiary component from the binary and simultaneously resolved the eclipsing binary pair, which represents the nearest and brightest eclipsing binary in the sky. We present revised orbital elements for the triple system, and we have rectified the 180° ambiguity in the position angle of Algol C. Our directly determined magnitude differences and masses for this triple star system are consistent with earlier light curve modeling results. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer is a joint project of the Naval Research Laboratory and the US Naval Observatory, in cooperation with Lowell Observatory and is funded by the Office of Naval Research and the Oceanographer of the Navy. The authors thank Jim Benson and the NPOI observational support staff whose efforts made this project possible. S. Bosken and G. Shelton of the USNO Library were very helpful in our literature search. R.T.Z. is thankful for the support of the Fizeau Exchange Visitor Program through the European Interferometry Initiative (EII) and OPTICON (an EU funded framework program, contract number RII3-CT-2004-001566). This work was partially supported by National Science Foundation grant AST-0908440 to Richards. The literature search made use of the NASA ADS abstract service, the SIMBAD database maintained at CDS, Strasbourg, France, and the JSTOR archives. We thank an anonymous referee for numerous suggestions which improved the Letter. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2041-8205/715/1/L44 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 7 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2ez7v-6c1c | |
| dc.identifier.citation | R. T. Zavala, C. A. Hummel, D. A. Boboltz, R. Ojha, D. B. Shaffer, C. Tycner, M. T. Richards, and D. J. Hutter, THE ALGOL TRIPLE SYSTEM SPATIALLY RESOLVED AT OPTICAL WAVELENGTHS, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 715, Number 1, doi: https://doi.org/10.1088%2F2041-8205%2F715%2F1%2Fl44 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1088%2F2041-8205%2F715%2F1%2Fl44 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/18472 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aa75cd/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-ref?querymethod=bib&simbo=on&submit=submit+bibcode&bibcode=2010ApJ...715L..44Z | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | IOP | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Physics Department Collection | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Center for Space Sciences and Technology (CSST) / Center for Research and Exploration in Space Sciences & Technology II (CRSST II) | |
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| dc.title | THE ALGOL TRIPLE SYSTEM SPATIALLY RESOLVED AT OPTICAL WAVELENGTHS | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |