[en] The runaway O-type binaries HD 14633 and HD 15137 were likely ejected from the cluster of their birth by supernovae explosions in close binaries. Here we present recent optical spectra to update the orbital solutions of the binaries and study the physical parameters of the O star primaries. We also present XMM-Newton observations of both systems that attempt to detect hard power-law emission from compact companions. EPIC spectra of HD 14633 at periastron and apastron reveal a non-thermal X-ray flux component that is variable during the orbit. Our EPIC spectra of HD 15137 indicate thermal X-ray emission consistent with an isolated O star. We provide an upper limit on the emission from a compact companion in HD 15137.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
McSwain, M Virginia; Department of Physics, Lehigh University, USA) AB( Department of Astrophysics, Geophysics and Oceanography, Université de Liège, Belgium) AC(Eureka Scientific, Inc., USA) AD(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, USA
De Becker, Michaël ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)
Roberts, Mallory S E
Boyajian, Tabetha S
Language :
English
Title :
A Multiwavelength Study of the Runaway Binaries HD 14633 and HD 15137
Publication date :
01 January 2011
Journal title :
Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège
ISSN :
0037-9565
eISSN :
1783-5720
Publisher :
Société Royale des Sciences de Liege, Liège, Belgium