Spectroscopic metallicity determinations for W UMa-type binary stars

Rucinski, S M; Pribulla, T; Budaj, Jan

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Spectroscopic metallicity determinations for W UMa-type binary stars

Date

2013

Authors

Rucinski, S M

Pribulla, T

Budaj, Jan

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Abstract

This study is the first attempt to determine the metallicities of W UMa-type binary stars using spectroscopy. We analyzed about 4500 spectra collected at the David Dunlap Observatory. To circumvent problems caused by the extreme spectral line broadening a