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Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 130, Number 2, June I 1998
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| Page(s) | 223 - 232 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1998365 | |
| Published online | 15 June 1998 | |
Multiplicity among peculiar A stars *,**
I. The Ap stars HD 8441 and HD 137909, and the Am stars HD 43478 and HD 96391
1
Institut d'Astronomie de l'Université de Lausanne, CH-1290 Chavannes-des-bois, Switzerland
2
Observatoire Midi Pyrénées, 14 avenue Edouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France
3
Observatoire de Genève, CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
Send offprint request to: P. North
Received:
15
October
1997
Accepted:
25
November
1997
We present the first results of a radial-velocity survey of cool Ap and Am
stars. HD 8441 is not only a double system
with 
days, but is a triple one, the third companion
having an orbital period larger than 5000 days. Improved
orbital elements are given for the classical Ap star HD 137909 = β CrB by
combining our radial velocities with published ones. We yield new orbital
elements of the two Am, SB2 binaries HD 43478 and HD 96391. Good estimates of
the individual masses of the components of HD 43478 can be given thanks to the
eclipses of this system, for which an approximate photometric solution is also
proposed.
Key words: stars: spectroscopic binaries / stars: eclipsing binaries / stars: individual: HD 8441, HD 43478, HD 93961, HD 137909
Based on observations made at the Observatoire de Haute Provence (CNRS), France, at the Jungfraujoch station of Observatoire de Genève, Switzerland, and on data from the ESA Hipparcos satellite.
© European Southern Observatory (ESO), 1998