1. Revised Wolf-Rayet binary orbits and new binaries
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V.S. Niemela
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,0103 physical sciences ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
Revised orbits are presented for the double-lined binary WR+O systems HD 63099 (WR9) and HDE 320102 (WR97). The orbit derived for WR9 from OVI emission and HeII absorptions is considerably different from that previously published based on the CIVΛ4658 emission line velocities. WR97 is found to have a period of 12.6 days and small minimum masses, probably due to a low orbital inclination. Two stars in our Galaxy, WR30a and WR70, and two in the Magellanic Clouds, Brey44 and AB7, show radial velocity variations of emission and absorption lines in opposite sense. Although no periods are yet available, preliminary values of the mass ratios can be estimated from the velocity variations.
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- 1995
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