Spectroscopic Study of the Circularly Polarised Radio Source TYC 2834-1385-1: An Active Binary

Abstract

Close binaries with active chromospheres have recently been shown to emit circularly polarised radio emission at low frequencies, motivating detailed studies of their orbital properties. We present high-resolution ($R=85,000$) optical spectroscopy of TYC 2834-1385-1, a previously unclassified radio source, obtained with the HERMES spectrograph on the Mercator Telescope. We identify the source as a double-lined spectroscopic binary and measure radial velocities from both metallic absorption and Ca II emission lines. We find an orbital period of $P=3.601\pm 0.002$ days and nearly equal radial-velocity semi-amplitudes for the two components. The system exhibits strong Ca II H and K emission, which is consistent with a BY Dra-type binary containing two similar late-G/early-K main-sequence stars, with a preliminary classification of K0V. This represents one of the first spectroscopic confirmations of a chromospherically active binary following its identification in a low-frequency radio survey.

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