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Title:
Are All Hot Subdwarf Stars in Close Binaries?
Authors:
Wade, Richard A.; Stark, M. A.
Affiliation:
AA(Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, 525 Davey Lab, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA ), AB(Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, 525 Davey Lab, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA)
Publication:
Astrophysics and Space Science, v. 291, Issue 3, p. 337-340 (2004). (Ap&SS Homepage)
Publication Date:
06/2004
Origin:
KLUWER; SPRINGER
Keywords:
binaries, horizontal branch stars, subdwarfs
DOI:
10.1023/B:ASTR.0000044341.36911.e1
Bibliographic Code:
2004Ap&SS.291..337W

Abstract

We discuss whether the hypothesis that “all (or most) subdwarfs are in close binaries” is supported by the frequently reported observations of photometrically or spectroscopically composite character of many hot subdwarf stars. By way of a possible counter-argument, we focus on resolved companions (optical pairs) of hot subdwarf stars. On a statistical basis, many of these are physically associated with the hot subdwarfs, i.e. they are common proper motion pairs. These resolved pairs make a several percent contribution to the catalog of hot subdwarf stars per decade in projected separation. If they are just the relatively wide members of a binary population similar to the local G-dwarf binary population (A&A, 248, 485), which has a very wide distribution of orbital separations, then many of the unresolved but composite hot subdwarf binaries may not be “close” in the astrophysical sense. In that case, binary channels for hot subdwarf formation may be less important than expected, or must involve companions (white dwarfs) that do not result in a composite spectrum system.
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