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The Spatial Distribution of Spectroscopic Binaries and Blue Stragglers in M 67

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Robert D. Mathieu
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
David W. Latham
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Mathieu et al. (1986) have completed an extensive radial-velocity survey of over 100 late-type stars in M 67 with V < 12.8. The spatial distributions of the spectroscopic binaries and single stars (i.e. those stars without detected radial-velocity variation; many of these are undoubtedly binaries, albeit with lower secondary masses) are shown in Fig. 1. The distribution of the binaries is notably more centrally concentrated than the single stars. The two observed distributions derive from distinct parent distributions at the 98% confidence level. The projected half-mass radius of the binaries is 0.9 pc; the half-mass radius of the single stars is 2.4 pc. Indeed, 77% of the binaries lie within the single-star half-mass radius.

Type
Chapter X. Poster Papers on Formation and Evolution of Globular Clusters
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1988 

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