A FEROS Survey of Hot Subdwarf Stars

We have completed a survey of twenty-two ultraviolet-selected hot subdwarfs using the Fiber-fed Extended Range Optical Spectrograph (FEROS) and the 2.2-m telescope at La Silla. The sample includes apparently single objects as well as hot subdwarfs paired with a bright, unresolved companion. The samp...

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Main Authors: Vennes, S., Németh, P., Kawka, Adela
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73943
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Németh, P.
Kawka, Adela
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description We have completed a survey of twenty-two ultraviolet-selected hot subdwarfs using the Fiber-fed Extended Range Optical Spectrograph (FEROS) and the 2.2-m telescope at La Silla. The sample includes apparently single objects as well as hot subdwarfs paired with a bright, unresolved companion. The sample was extracted from our GALEX catalogue of hot subdwarf stars. We identified three new short-period systems (P = 3.5 hours to 5 days) and determined the orbital parameters of a long-period (P = 62d.66) sdO plus G III system. This particular system should evolve into a close double degenerate system following a second common envelope phase.We also conducted a chemical abundance study of the subdwarfs: Some objects show nitrogen and argon abundance excess with respect to oxygen. We present key results of this programme.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-739432019-09-02T08:38:35Z A FEROS Survey of Hot Subdwarf Stars Vennes, S. Németh, P. Kawka, Adela We have completed a survey of twenty-two ultraviolet-selected hot subdwarfs using the Fiber-fed Extended Range Optical Spectrograph (FEROS) and the 2.2-m telescope at La Silla. The sample includes apparently single objects as well as hot subdwarfs paired with a bright, unresolved companion. The sample was extracted from our GALEX catalogue of hot subdwarf stars. We identified three new short-period systems (P = 3.5 hours to 5 days) and determined the orbital parameters of a long-period (P = 62d.66) sdO plus G III system. This particular system should evolve into a close double degenerate system following a second common envelope phase.We also conducted a chemical abundance study of the subdwarfs: Some objects show nitrogen and argon abundance excess with respect to oxygen. We present key results of this programme. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73943 10.1515/astro-2018-0005 restricted
spellingShingle Vennes, S.
Németh, P.
Kawka, Adela
A FEROS Survey of Hot Subdwarf Stars
title A FEROS Survey of Hot Subdwarf Stars
title_full A FEROS Survey of Hot Subdwarf Stars
title_fullStr A FEROS Survey of Hot Subdwarf Stars
title_full_unstemmed A FEROS Survey of Hot Subdwarf Stars
title_short A FEROS Survey of Hot Subdwarf Stars
title_sort feros survey of hot subdwarf stars
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73943