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    Problems on Binary Stars - I

    B.Sc (H) Physics, Semester - V


    Dr. Sukanta Deb, Department of Physics, Cotton University, Guwahati

    1. A binary star consists of two stars A and B with a flux ratio of 3. However we see them
    unresolved as a point of magnitude +6.5. What is the magnitude of each of the star?

    2. The approximate mass of Sirius A is 2.1 M and that of Sirius B is about 1.0 M . If the
    total separation between Sirius A and Sirius B at a particular time is 20 AU, what is the
    distance of each star from the center of mass for the system?

    3. If the ratio of the masses of the two components of a binary star is 1 : 3. The orbital period
    of the binary star is 1 year and semi-major axis of the relative oribit is 2 AU. Find the masses
    of the individual components of the binary star in terms of solar masses.

    4. The magnitudes of the two components of a binary are 2 and 3 mag, respectively. If the
    binary is situated at a distance of 100 pc, what is the absolute magnitude of the binary
    system?

    5. A visual binary system is 10 pc away. The largest and the smallest angular separation of
    the components are 700 and 300 , respectively. Assume that the orbital period is 100 years and
    that the orbital plane is perpendicular to the line of sight. If the semi-major axis of one
    component corresponds to 300 , estimate the mass of each component of the binary system in
    terms of solar mass (M ).

    6. Consider a visual binary where the stars are 100 and 200 from the center of mass. The distance
    is 10 pc and the orbital period is 10 years. If the orbital plane is perpendicular to the line of
    sight, estimate the mass of each component of the binary system in terms of solar mass M .

    7. (a) The α Centauri system is 1.338 pc distant with a period of 79.92 years. The A and B
    components have a mean separation of 23.7 AU. What is the total mass of the system?
    (b) As α Centauri is a nearby visual binary system, careful astrometric observations reveal
    that the primary component, α Cen A has a mean distance of 11.2 AU from the system’s
    barycenter. What is the mass of each of the component stars in the system?

    8. The period of the 40 Eri B and C system is 247.9 years. The system’s measured trigono-
    metrical parallax is 0.20100 and the true angular extent of the semimajor axis of the reduced
    mass is 6.8900 . The ratio of the distances of 40 Eri B and C from the center of mass is
    aB /aC = 0.37.

    (a) Find the mass of 40 Eri B and C in terms of the mass of the Sun.

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    (b) The absolute bolometric magnitude of 40 Eri B is 9.6. Determine its luminosity in
    terms of the luminosity of the Sun.
    (c) The absolute bolometric magnitude of 40 Eri B is 16, 900 K. Calculate its radius.

    9. Sirius is a visual binary with a period of 49.94 years. Its measured trigonimetric parallax is
    0.3792100 ± 0.0015800 and, assuming that the plane of the orbit is in the plane of the sky, the
    true angular extent of the semi-major axis of the reduced mass is 7.6100 . The ratio of the
    distances of Sirius A and Sirius B from the center of mass is aA /aB = 0.466.

    (a) Find the mass of each component of the system in terms of solar mass (M ).
    (b) The absolute bometric magnitude of Sirius A is 1.36 and Sirius B has an absolute
    bolometric magnitude of 8.79. Determine their luminosities in terms of solar luminosity
    (L ).
    (c) The effective temperature of Sirius B is approximately 24790 ± 100 K. Estimate its
    radius.

    10. Star A and Star B orbit one another in a binary system that is 10 pc away. Star A has the
    mass, radius and luminosity equal to that of the Sun. Star B has a mass of 0.5 M . The
    binary system is non-eclipsing.

    (a) The orbital period of this binary system os 1 year. What is the semi-major axis of this
    binary system, in AU?
    (b) Assuming that stellar mass and luminosity are related as L ∝ M 4 , what is the luminosity
    of Star B, in terms of L ?
    (c) The effective temperature of Star B is 3500 K. Use the Stefan-Boltzmann law to calculate
    its radius, in terms of R .

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