Orbit alignment in triple stars Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Tokovinin A.
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    CDS
Abstract

The statistics of the angle {Phi} between orbital angular momenta in hierarchical triple systems with known inner visual or astrometric orbits are studied. A correlation between apparent revolution directions proves the partial orbit alignment known from earlier works. The alignment is strong in triples with outer projected separation less than ~50au, where the average {Phi} is about 20{deg}. In contrast, outer orbits wider than 1000 au are not aligned with the inner orbits. It is established that the orbit alignment decreases with the increasing mass of the primary component. The average eccentricity of inner orbits in well-aligned triples is smaller than in randomly aligned ones. These findings highlight the role of dissipative interactions with gas in defining the orbital architecture of low-mass triple systems. On the other hand, chaotic dynamics apparently played a role in shaping more massive hierarchies. The analysis of projected configurations and triples with known inner and outer orbits indicates that the distribution of {Phi} is likely bimodal, where 80% of triples have {Phi}<70{deg} and the remaining ones are randomly aligned.

Keywords
  1. multiple-stars
  2. orbits
  3. visible-astronomy
  4. trigonometric-parallax
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2017ApJ...844..103T
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/844/103
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/844/103
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.18440103

Access

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http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/844/103
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/844/103
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/844/103
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https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/0?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/844/103/table1?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/844/103/table1?

History

2018-04-06T14:21:48Z
Resource record created
2018-04-06T14:21:48Z
Created
2018-05-16T07:04:47Z
Updated

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