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Observational study of the evolution of massive binary stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

G. Burki  and
M. Mayor
G. Burki
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Genève
M. Mayor
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Genève

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Six years ago an observational program on supergiant stars using CORAVEL was initiated at Geneva Observatory. About 1500 radial velocities were obtained out of a sample of 181 northern supergiants of F, G, K, M type. Nineteen new SB have been discovered and 16 others are suspected to be SB. The total rate of binary systems among northern supergiants is in the range of 31–38 % (Burki and Mayor, 1983). This value neither depends on spectral type nor luminosity class.

Type
III. BINARITY, PULSATION, ROTATION AND MIXING
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 105: Observational Tests of the Stellar Evolution Theory , 1984 , pp. 403 - 406
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1984 

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