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Precision radial velocities of double-lined binary stars and the spectroscopic follow-up of circumbinary transiting planet candidates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2008

Maciej Konacki*
Affiliation:
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rabianska 8, 87-100 Torun, PolandAstronomical Observatory, A. Mickiewicz University, Sloneczna 36, 60-286 Poznan, Poland email: maciej@ncac.torun.pl
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Abstract

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We present a new iodine cell based approach that allows one to obtain radial velocities of the components of double-lined spectroscopic binary stars (SB2s) with a precision reaching 5 m/s. Such an RV precision is up to 100 times better than what is currently available in the literature for the SB2s. We discuss the applications of our method to the radial velocity searches for circumbinary planets and spectroscopic follow-up of transiting planet candidates around eclipsing binary stars.

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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