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000006553 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.1051/0004-6361/202245364
000006553 037__ $$aSCART-2024-0010
000006553 100__ $$aLanthermann, C
000006553 245__ $$aMultiplicity of northern bright O-type stars with optical long baseline interferometry. Results of the pilot survey
000006553 260__ $$c2023
000006553 520__ $$aContext. The study of the multiplicity of massive stars gives hints on their formation processes and their evolutionary paths, which are still not fully understood. Large separation binaries (>50 milliseconds of arc, mas) can be probed by adaptive-optics-assisted direct imaging and sparse aperture masking, while close binaries can be resolved by photometry and spectroscopy. However, optical long baseline interferometry is mandatory to establish the multiplicity of Galactic massive stars at the separation gap between 1 and 50 mas.  Aims: In this paper, we aim to demonstrate the capability of the new interferometric instrument MIRC-X, located at the CHARA Array, to study the multiplicity of O-type stars and therefore probe the full range of separation for more than 120 massive stars (H < 7.5 mag).  Methods: We initiated a pilot survey of bright O-type stars (H < 6.5 mag) observable with MIRC-X. We observed 29 O-type stars, including two systems in average atmospheric conditions around a magnitude of H = 7.5 mag. We systematically reduced the obtained data with the public reduction pipeline of the instrument. We analyzed the reduced data using the dedicated python software CANDID to detect companions.  Results: Out of these 29 systems, we resolved 19 companions in 17 different systems with angular separations between ~0.5 and 50 mas. This results in a multiplicity fraction ƒm = 17/29 = 0.59 ± 0.09, and an average number of companions ƒc = 19/29 = 0.66 ± 0.13. Those results are in agreement with the results of the SMASH+ survey in the Southern Hemisphere. Thirteen of these companions have been resolved for the first time, including the companion responsible for the nonthermal emission in Cyg OB2-5 A and the confirmation of the candidate companion of HD 47129 suggested by SMASH+.  Conclusions: A large survey on more than 120 northern O-type stars (H < 7.5) is possible with MIRC-X and will be fruitful.
000006553 594__ $$aNO
000006553 6531_ $$atechniques: interferometric
000006553 6531_ $$amethods: observational surveys
000006553 6531_ $$astars: massive
000006553 6531_ $$abinaries : close
000006553 6531_ $$amethods: statistical
000006553 6531_ $$aAstrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
000006553 6531_ $$aAstrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
000006553 700__ $$aLe Bouquin,  J B
000006553 700__ $$aSana, H
000006553 700__ $$aMérand, A
000006553 700__ $$aMonnier, J D
000006553 700__ $$aPerraut, K
000006553 700__ $$aFrost, A J
000006553 700__ $$aMahy, L
000006553 700__ $$aGosset, E
000006553 700__ $$aDe Becker, M
000006553 700__ $$aKraus, S
000006553 700__ $$aAnugu, N
000006553 700__ $$aDavies, C L
000006553 700__ $$aEnnis, J
000006553 700__ $$aGardner, T
000006553 700__ $$aLabdon, A
000006553 700__ $$aSetterholm, B
000006553 700__ $$aten Brummelaar, T
000006553 700__ $$aSchaefer, G H
000006553 773__ $$c15$$nA6$$pAstronomy & Astrophysics$$v672$$y2023
000006553 8560_ $$flaurent.mahy@ksb-orb.be
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