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Binaries discovered by the SPY project. III. HE2209-1444: a massive, short period double degenerate

C. A. Karl·R. Napiwotzki·G. Nelemans·N. Christlieb·D. Koester·U. Heber·D. Reimers
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In the course of our search for double degenerate (DD) binaries as potential progenitors of type Ia supernovae with the UVES spectrograph at the ESO VLT (ESO SN Ia Progenitor surveY - SPY) we discovered HE2209-1444 to be a double-lined system consisting of two DA white dwarfs. From the analysis of the radial velocity curve we determined the period of the system to be P = 6h 38m 47s. The semi-amplitudes for both individual components are 109 km/s each. A model atmosphere analysis enabled us to derive individual temperatures for both components (8490 K and 7140 K, resp.) and masses of 0.58 Msol for each component. The total mass of the system is 1.15 +/- 0.07 Msol. The system will loose angular momentum due to gravitational wave radiation and therefore will merge within 5 Gyrs -- less than a Hubble time. HE2209-1444 is the second massive, short period double degenerate detected by SPY. Its total mass is about 20 % below the Chandrasekhar mass limit and therefore it does not qualify as a potentional SN Ia progenitor. However, together with our previous detections it supports the view that Chandrasekhar mass systems do exist.

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C. A. Karl, R. Napiwotzki, G. Nelemans, N. Christlieb, D. Koester, U. Heber, D. Reimers. 2003-09-26. Binaries discovered by the SPY project. III. HE2209-1444: a massive, short period double degenerate. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361%3A20031278

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