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Radial velocities of WR21a

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We present multi-epoch spectroscopic observations of the massive binary system WR21a, which include the 2011 January periastron passage.

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Our spectra reveal multiple SB2 lines and facilitate an accurate determination of the orbit and the spectral types of the components. We obtain minimum masses of 64.4+/-4.8M_{sun} and 36.3+/-1.7M_{sun} for the two components of WR21a.

Using disentangled spectra of the individual components, we derive spectral types of O3/WN5ha and O3Vz ((f*)) for the primary and secondary, respectively. Using the spectral type of the secondary as an indication for its mass, we estimate an orbital inclination of i=58.8+/-2.5{deg} and absolute masses of 103.6+/-10.2M_{sun} and 58.3+/-3.7M_{sun}_, in agreement with the luminosity of the system. The spectral types of the WR21a components indicate that the stars are very young (1-2Myr), similar to the age of the nearby Westerlund 2 cluster.

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We use evolutionary tracks to determine the mass-luminosity relation for the total system mass. We find that for a distance of 8kpc and an age of 1.5Myr, the derived absolute masses are in good agreement with those from evolutionary predictions.

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