2001ApJ...553L.169T

Query : 2001ApJ...553L.169T

2001ApJ...553L.169T - Astrophys. J., 553, L169-L172 (2001/June-1)

Helium white dwarfs and BY Draconis binaries in the globular cluster NGC 6397.

TAYLOR J.M., GRINDLAY J.E., EDMONDS P.D. and COOL A.M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We examine 15 orbits of Hubble Space Telescope observations of the nearby post-core-collapsed globular cluster NGC 6397 using narrowband photometry in Hα with broadband photometry in V, R, and I. We recover the candidate helium white dwarfs (He WDs) recently discovered by Cool et al., of which one was examined spectroscopically by Edmonds et al., along with a sequence of these objects extending down to the magnitude limit of the survey. We also find a sequence of stars with weak Hα emission and magnitudes characteristic of BY Draconis stars; their offset above the main sequence also suggests they are probable binaries. The radial distributions for both the He WD and BY Dra candidates are significantly more centrally concentrated than the main-sequence stars, suggesting that indeed both populations are in binary systems.

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Journal keyword(s): Stars: Binaries: Close - Stars: Binaries: Eclipsing - Galaxy: Globular Clusters: General - Galaxy: Globular Clusters: Individual: NGC Number: NGC 6397 - Stars: Individual: Constellation Name: BY Draconis - Stars: Neutron - Stars: Rotation - Stellar Dynamics - Stars: White Dwarfs

Nomenclature: Table 1: Cl* NGC 6397 PCWD N (Nos 1-6). Table 2: Cl* NGC 6397 PCBY N (Nos 1-7), Cl* NGC 6397 WFBY N-N (Nos 2-1 to 2-2, 3-1 to 3-4, 4-1 to 4-3).

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Number of rows : 6
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 [SCA2009] 10 WD? 17 40 41.813 -53 40 33.16   23.19   22.76   ~ 2 0
2 NGC 6397 GlC 17 40 42.09 -53 40 27.6     5.17     ~ 2103 0
3 [SCA2009] 15 WD? 17 40 42.189 -53 40 35.45   23.86   23.19   ~ 2 0
4 [SCA2009] 8 WD? 17 40 42.206 -53 40 01.67   23.09   22.53   ~ 2 0
5 Cl* NGC 6397 SAW V7 EB* 17 40 43.9199366001 -53 40 35.292617809   17.74 17.09 16.72   ~ 16 0
6 V* BY Dra BY* 18 33 55.7720712062 +51 43 08.897780286 10.22 9.23   8.733   K4Ve+K7.5Ve 639 0

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