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epsilon Lupi: measuring the heartbeat of a doubly magnetic massive binary with BRITE Constellation

Autoři	PABLO Herbert SHULTZ Matt FULLER Jim WADE Gregg PAUNZEN Ernst MATHIS Stephane LE BOUQUIN Jean-Baptiste PIGULSKI Andrzej HANDLER Gerald ALECIAN Evelyne KUSCHNIG Rainer MOFFAT Anthony NEINER Coralie POPOWICZ Adam RUCINSKI Slavek SMOLEC Radoslaw WEISS Werner ZWINTZ Konstanze
Rok publikování	2019
Druh	Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU	Přírodovědecká fakulta
Citace
www	https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/488/1/64/5521912?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1661
Klíčová slova	binaries: close; stars: magnetic field; stars: massive; stars: oscillations
Popis	epsilon Lupi A is a binary system consisting of two main-sequence early B-type stars Aa and Ab in a short period, moderately eccentric orbit. The close binary pair is the only doubly magnetic massive binary currently known. Using photometric data from the BRITE Constellation we identify a modest heartbeat variation. Combining the photometry with radial velocities of both components we determine a full orbital solution including empirical masses and radii. These results are compared with stellar evolution models as well as interferometry and the differences discussed. We also find additional photometric variability at several frequencies, finding it unlikely these frequencies can be caused by tidally excited oscillations. We do, however, determine that these signals are consistent with gravity mode pulsations typical for slowly pulsating B stars. Finally we discuss how the evolution of this system will be affected by magnetism, determining that tidal interactions will still be dominant.