Binary star astrometry with milli and sub-milli arcsecond precision
2014
The past several decades have seen accelerating progress in improving binary
stars fundamental parameters determinations, as new observational techniques
have produced visual orbits of many spectroscopic binaries with a milli
arcsecond precision. Modern astrometry is rapidly approaching the goal of
sub-milli arcsecond precision, and although presently this precision has been
achieved only for a limited number of binary stars, in the near future this
will become a standard for very large number of objects. In this paper we
review the representative results of techniques which have already allowed
the sub-milli arcsecond precision like the optical long baseline
interferometry, as well as the precursor techniques such as speckle
interferometry, adaptive optics and aperture masking. These techniques
provide a step forward from milli to sub-milli arcsecond precision, allowing
even short period binaries to be resolved, and often resulting in orbits
allowing precisions in stellar dynamical masses better than 1%. We point out
that such unprecedented precisions should allow for a significant improvement
of our comprehension of stellar physics and other related astrophysical
topics.
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