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The Non-thermal Radio Emitter HD 93250 Resolved by Long Baseline Interferometry
Sana, H.; Le Bouquin, J.-B.; De Becker, Michaël et al.
2011In Astrophysical Journal. Letters, 740, p. 43
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Keywords :
radiation mechanisms: non-thermal; stars: early-type; stars: individual: HD93250; stars: massive; techniques: interferometric
Abstract :
[en] As the brightest O-type X-ray source in the Carina nebula, HD 93250 (O4 III(fc)) is X-ray overluminous for its spectral type and has an unusually hard X-ray spectrum. Two different scenarios have been invoked to explain its X-ray properties: wind-wind interaction and magnetic wind confinement. Yet, HD 93250 shows absolutely constant radial velocities over timescales of years suggesting either a single star, a binary system seen pole-on view or a very long period, and/or highly eccentric system. Using the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer, we resolved HD 93250 as a close pair with similar components. We measured a near-infrared flux ratio of 0.8 ± 0.1 and a separation of (1.5 ± 0.2) × 10-3 arcsec. At the distance of Carina, this corresponds to a projected physical distance of 3.5 AU. While a quantitative investigation would require a full characterization of the orbit, the binary nature of HD 93250 allows us to qualitatively explain both its X-ray flux and hardness and its non-thermal radio emission in the framework of a colliding wind scenario. We also discuss various observational biases. We show that, due to line blending of two similar spectral components, HD 93250 could have a period as short as 1 to several years despite the lack of measurable radial velocity variations.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Sana, H.
Le Bouquin, J.-B.
De Becker, Michaël  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)
Berger, J.-P.
de Koter, A.
Mérand, A.
Language :
English
Title :
The Non-thermal Radio Emitter HD 93250 Resolved by Long Baseline Interferometry
Publication date :
October 2011
Journal title :
Astrophysical Journal. Letters
ISSN :
2041-8205
eISSN :
2041-8213
Publisher :
IOP Publishing, Bristol, United Kingdom
Volume :
740
Pages :
L43
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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