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2012ApJ...755...83L - Astrophys. J., 755, 83 (2012/August-2)

Detection of a second-generation binary in the globular cluster ω Centauri.

LI K., QIAN S.-B. and LEUNG K.-C.

Abstract (from CDS):

ω Centauri is the largest globular cluster in the Milky Way; it is composed of multiple stellar populations. Photometric solutions for the EA-type eclipsing binary NV364 in this cluster indicate that NV364 is a well-detached binary and that both of its components are early-type normal main-sequence stars. There is no evidence for mass transfer between the two components, which are at an early stage in their evolution. Using the luminosity-color relation with optical (BV) observations, we obtain the distance modulus of (m - M) = 14.05 for NV364, which confirms that it is a member of ω Centauri. The ages of the binary components and the first-generation stars in ω Centauri are about 1.19 Gyr and 16 Gyr, respectively. Thus, the binary components are much younger than the first-generation stars. There is therefore a strong basis for considering NV364 to be a second-generation binary in this globular cluster.

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Journal keyword(s): binaries: close - binaries: eclipsing - globular clusters: individual: ω Centauri - stars: early-type - stars: individual: NV364

Simbad objects: 8

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