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Published August 20, 2015 | Published
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A Coordinated X-Ray and Optical Campaign of the Nearest Massive Eclipsing Binary, δ Orionis Aa. III. Analysis of Optical Photometric (MOST) and Spectroscopic (Ground-based) Variations

Abstract

We report on both high-precision photometry from the Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars (MOST) space telescope and ground-based spectroscopy of the triple system δ Ori A, consisting of a binary O9.5II+early-B (Aa1 and Aa2) with P = 5.7 days, and a more distant tertiary (O9 IV P > 400 years). This data was collected in concert with X-ray spectroscopy from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Thanks to continuous coverage for three weeks, the MOST light curve reveals clear eclipses between Aa1 and Aa2 for the first time in non-phased data. From the spectroscopy, we have a well-constrained radial velocity (RV) curve of Aa1. While we are unable to recover RV variations of the secondary star, we are able to constrain several fundamental parameters of this system and determine an approximate mass of the primary using apsidal motion. We also detected second order modulations at 12 separate frequencies with spacings indicative of tidally influenced oscillations. These spacings have never been seen in a massive binary, making this system one of only a handful of such binaries that show evidence for tidally induced pulsations.

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© 2015 The American Astronomical Society. Received 2015 January 23; accepted 2015 March 25; published 2015 August 18. M.F.C., J.S.N., W.L.W., and K.H. are grateful for support via Chandra grant GO3-14015A and GO3-14015E. Y.N. acknowledges support from the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium), the Communauté Française de Belgique, the PRODEX XMM and Integral contracts, and the Action de Recherche Concertée' (CFWB-Académie Wallonie Europe). N.D.R. gratefully acknowledges his CRAQ (Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Québec) fellowship. A.F.J.M., D.B.G., J.M.M., and S.M.R. are grateful for financial aid to NSERC (Canada). A.F.J.M. and H.P. also thank FRQNT (Quebec) and the Canadian Space Agency. J.M. A. acknowledges support from (a) the Spanish Government Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) through grants AYA2010-15 081, AYA2010-17 631, and AYA2013- 40 611-P and (b) the Consejería de Educación of the Junta de Andalucía through grant P08-TIC-4075. R.K. and W.W. acknowledge support by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). N.R.E. is grateful for support from the Chandra X-ray Center NASA Contract NAS8-03060. J.L.H. acknowledges support from NASA award NNX13AF40G and NSF award AST-0807477.

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