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J/A+A/382/118     Spectroscopic sub-systems in multiple stars (Tokovinin+, 2002)
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Statistics of spectroscopic sub-systems in visual multiple stars
    Tokovinin A.A., Smekhov M.G.
   <Astron. Astrophys. 382, 118 (2002)>
   =2002A&A...382..118T
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ADC_Keywords: Stars, double and multiple ; Binaries, spectroscopic ;
              Radial velocities ; Rotational velocities
Keywords: binaries: visual - binaries: spectroscopic

Description:
    A large sample of visual multiples of spectral types F5-M has been
    surveyed for the presence of spectroscopic sub-systems.
    In table 1 we provide basic identifiers for the components or their
    combinations, average radial velocities, parameters of correlation
    dips and analysis of the velocity variability and physical relation.
    Notes contain comments and additional identifiers. Individual radial
    velocities yet unpublished are listed in table 2. Table 6 is extracted
    from the Multiple Star Catalog (Cat. <J/A+AS/124/75>) for the analysis
    of the statistics of spectroscopic+visual multiple stellar systems.

File Summary:
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  FileName   Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe          80        .   This file
table1.dat      96      577   Identification, main data
notes.dat       93      236   Notes to table1
table2.dat      41     2483   Individual radial velocities
table6.dat      41       65   Data on visual+spectroscopic multiples
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See also:
           III/191 : Radial Velocities of Nearby Stars (Tokovinin, 1992)
     J/A+A/374/227 : Radial velocity in multiple systems (Tokovinin+, 2001)
     J/A+AS/124/75 : Multiple star catalogue (MSC) (Tokovinin 1997-1999)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 10  A10   ---     WDS       WDS-style coordinates J2000
  12- 13  A2    ---     Comp      Component identifier (1)
  15- 22  A8    ---     HD/BD     HD or BD identifier
  24- 28  A5    ---     ADS       ADS identifier
  33- 39  F7.2  km/s    HRV       Mean heliocentric radial velocity
  41- 45  F5.2  km/s  e_HRV       Error of the mean HRV
  47- 49  I3    ---   o_HRV       Number of HRV measurements
  51- 54  F4.2  ---     P(chi2)   Probability that chi^2^ exceeds actual value
  58- 61  F4.2  km/s    EW        ? Equivalent width of the correlation dip
  63- 66  F4.2  km/s  e_EW        ? Error of equivalent width
  68- 70  I3    ---   o_EW        ? Number of EW and Vsini measurements
  72- 75  F4.1  km/s    Vsin(i)   ? Projected rotational velocity
  77- 80  F4.1  km/s  e_Vsin(i)   ? Error of rotational velocity (2)
      82  A1    ---   f_Vsin(i)   [*] Flag for Vsini error (2)
  86- 89  A4    ---     Var       Variability status (3)
  91- 93  A3    ---     Phys      Physical relation to other components (4)
      95  A1    ---     RVflag    [R] R: individual velocities in table2.dat
      96  A1    ---     Stat      [BDT] Flag for statistical samples (5)
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Note (1): If more than two unresolved visual components, '+' appears.
Note (2): If upper limits on Vsin(i) are given here instead of errors, this is
           indicated by '*' in column 82.
Note (3): Variability status:
      C: constant
     C?: likely constant
      V: variable
     V?: likely variable
     VO: variability likely due to visual orbital motion
    S1O: single-lined binary with orbit
    S2O: double-lined binary with orbit
    Asterisk indicates possible mixture of partially resolved components
    affecting the velocity precision and equivalent width.
Note (4): Physical relation to other components:
      *: primary component or components of a multiple system
      P: physical component
     P?: likely physical component
      O: optical component
     O?: likely optical component
Note (5): Flag for three statistical sub-samples:
      B: visual binaries with known orbits
      D: wide resolved visual binaries
      T: tertiary components to physical binaries
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: notes.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 10  A10   ---     WDS       WDS-style coordinates J2000
  12- 13  A2    ---     Comp      Component identifier
  15- 94  A80   ---     Text      Text of the note
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 10  A10   ---     WDS       WDS-style coordinates J2000
  12- 13  A2    ---     Comp      Component identifier
  15- 25  F11.3 ---     JDH       Heliocentric Julian date
  27- 33  F7.2  km/s    RV        Radial velocity
  35- 39  F5.2  km/s  e_RV        Formal error of the velocity
      41  A1    ---     Flag      [C] C: measured with CORAVEL
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table6.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 10  A10   ---     MSC       MSC (1900) identifier (J/A+AS/124/75>
  12- 16  A5    ---     SpType    Spectral type of the primary component
  18- 22  F5.2  ---     log(PL)   Log10 of the visual period in days
  24- 28  F5.3  ---   e_log(PL)   Eccentricity of the visual orbit
  31- 35  F5.2  ---     log(PS)   Log10 of the spectroscopic period in days
  37- 41  F5.3  ---   e_log(PS)   Eccentricity of the spectroscopic orbit
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History: 6 WDS designations were corrected on 26-Apr-2002
          02398+0042 AB transformed in 02398+0009 AB
          03182+0056 AB transformed in 03183-0056 AB
          08061+0011 AB transformed in 08061-0047 AB
          13237+0019 AB transformed in 13237-0043 AB
          13343+0018 AB transformed in 13343-0019 AB
          17302+0054 AB transformed in 17304-0104 AB

Acknowledgements: Andrei Tokovinin <atokovinin@ctio.noao.edu>

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(End)                                          Patricia Bauer [CDS]  26-Apr-2002

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