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IN-SYNC VI. Identification and Radial Velocity Extraction for 100+Double-Lined Spectroscopic Binaries in the APOGEE/IN-SYNC Fields

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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1538-3873/aa77e0

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(stars:) binaries: spectroscopic; techniques: radial velocities; stars: pre-main sequence; stars: kinematics and dynamics; surveys

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  1. NSF [AST-1449476]
  2. Research Corporation via a Time Domain Astrophysics Scialog award
  3. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  4. National Science Foundation
  5. U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
  6. University of Arizona
  7. Brazilian Participation Group
  8. Brookhaven National Laboratory
  9. Carnegie Mellon University
  10. University of Florida
  11. French Participation Group
  12. German Participation Group
  13. Harvard University
  14. Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
  15. Michigan State/Notre Dame/JINA Participation Group
  16. Johns Hopkins University
  17. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  18. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
  19. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  20. New Mexico State University
  21. New York University
  22. Ohio State University
  23. Pennsylvania State University
  24. University of Portsmouth
  25. Princeton University
  26. Spanish Participation Group
  27. University of Tokyo
  28. University of Utah
  29. Vanderbilt University
  30. University of Virginia
  31. University of Washington
  32. Yale University
  33. Division Of Astronomical Sciences
  34. Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1449476] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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We present radial velocity measurements for 70 high confidence, and 34 potential binary systems in fields containing the Perseus Molecular Cloud, Pleiades, NGC 2264, and the Orion A star-forming region. Eighteen of these systems have been previously identified as binaries in the literature. Candidate double-lined spectroscopic binaries (SB2s) are identified by analyzing the cross-correlation functions (CCFs) computed during the reduction of each APOGEE spectrum. We identify sources whose CCFs are well fit as the sum of two Lorentzians as likely binaries, and provide an initial characterization of the system based on the radial velocities indicated by that dual fit. For systems observed over several epochs, we present mass ratios and systemic velocities; for two systems with observations on eight or more epochs, and which meet our criteria for robust orbital coverage, we derive initial orbital parameters. The distribution of mass ratios for multi-epoch sources in our sample peaks at q = 1, but with a significant tail toward lower q values. Tables reporting radial velocities, systemic velocities, and mass ratios are provided online. We discuss future improvements to the radial velocity extraction method we employ, as well as limitations imposed by the number of epochs currently available in the APOGEE database. The Appendix contains brief notes from the literature on each system in the sample, and more extensive notes for select sources of interest.

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