scholarly journals Photometry of Eclipsing Binary Stars in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds

2004 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 116-120
Author(s):  
G.P. Bayne ◽  
W. Tobin ◽  
J.D. Pritchard ◽  
I. Bond ◽  
K.R. Pollard ◽  
...  

AbstractThe light curves for three eclipsing binaries in the Magellanic Clouds have been obtained using CCD uVJIC photometry. One target in the LMC, MACHO*05:36:48.7−69:17:00, is an eccentric system, e = 0.20, with a period of 3.853534 ± 0.000005 d. Initial solutions indicate a primary component in the range Teff,1 = 20,000−35,000K and the secondary Teff,2 1000−2000K cooler than the primary, with inclinations ranging i = 84.2° − 86.0°. Two targets in the SMC, MOA J005018.4-723855 and MOA J005623.5−722123, have periods of 1.8399±0.0004 and 2.3199 ± 0.0003 days respectively. Both have circular orbits with the former being a semi-detached system.

2004 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 407-410
Author(s):  
Glenn P. Bayne ◽  
W. Tobin ◽  
J.D. Pritchard ◽  
K.R. Pollard ◽  
M.D. Albrow

AbstractCCD uVJIC photometry was obtained for three eclipsing binaries in the Magellanic Clouds and the preliminary analyses of their light curves has been made using a modified Wilson code. The LMC system, MACHO*05:36:48.7-69:17:00, is detached and eccentric, most likely comprising of two similar stars. The system has apsidal motion with a period of 100 ± 5 years. Initial results for two other systems in the SMC, MOA J005018.4–723855 and MOA J005623.5–722123, indicate circular orbits with the former semi-detached and the latter detached with two stars of very similar temperature.


2016 ◽  
Vol 151 (4) ◽  
pp. 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Abdul-Masih ◽  
Andrej Prša ◽  
Kyle Conroy ◽  
Steven Bloemen ◽  
Tabetha Boyajian ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (S239) ◽  
pp. 157-159
Author(s):  
John Southworth ◽  
Hans Bruntt

AbstractThe fundamental properties of detached eclipsing binary stars can be measured very accurately, which could make them important objects for constraining the treatment of convection in theoretical stellar models. However, only four or five pieces of information can be found for the average system, which is not enough. We discuss studies of more interesting and useful objects: eclipsing binaries in clusters and eclipsing binaries with pulsating components.


2020 ◽  
Vol 496 (3) ◽  
pp. 2605-2612
Author(s):  
Volkan Bakış ◽  
Zeki Eker ◽  
Oğuzhan Sarı ◽  
Gökhan Yücel ◽  
Eda Sonbaş

ABSTRACT Twin binaries were identified among the eclipsing binaries with δ > –30° listed in the All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS) catalogue. In addition to the known twin binaries in the literature, 68 new systems have been identified and photometric and spectroscopic observations were done. Colour, spectral type, temperature, ratio of radii and masses of the components have been derived and are presented. Including 12 twin binary systems that exist in both ASAS and the catalogue of absolute parameters of detached eclipsing binary stars, a total of 80 twin detached binary systems have been statistically studied. A comparison of the spectral type distribution of the twins with those of detached eclipsing binary stars in the ASAS database shows that the spectral type distribution of twins is similar to that of detached systems. This result has been interpreted as indicating that there is no special formation mechanism for twins compared to normal detached binaries. As a result of our case study for HD 154010, a twin binary, we present the precise physical parameters of the system.


2018 ◽  
Vol 616 ◽  
pp. A38 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. L. Maxted ◽  
R. J. Hutcheon

Context. The Kepler K2 mission now makes it possible to find and study a wider variety of eclipsing binary stars than has been possible to-date, particularly long-period systems with narrow eclipses. Aims. Our aim is to characterise eclipsing binary stars observed by the Kepler K2 mission with orbital periods longer than P ≈ 5.5 days. Methods. The ellc binary star model has been used to determine the geometry of eclipsing binary systems in Kepler K2 campaigns 1, 2 and 3. The nature of the stars in each binary is estimated by comparison to stellar evolution tracks in the effective temperature – mean stellar density plane. Results. 43 eclipsing binary systems have been identified and 40 of these are characterised in some detail. The majority of these systems are found to be late-type dwarf and sub-giant stars with masses in the range 0.6–1.4 solar masses. We identify two eclipsing binaries containing red giant stars, including one bright system with total eclipses that is ideal for detailed follow-up observations. The bright B3V-type star HD 142883 is found to be an eclipsing binary in a triple star system. We observe a series of frequencies at large multiples of the orbital frequency in BW Aqr that we tentatively identify as tidally induced pulsations in this well-studied eccentric binary system. We find that the faint eclipsing binary EPIC 201160323 shows rapid apsidal motion. Rotational modulation signals are observed in 13 eclipsing systems, the majority of which are found to rotate non-synchronously with their orbits. Conclusions. The K2 mission is a rich source of data that can be used to find long period eclipsing binary stars. These data combined with follow-up observations can be used to precisely measure the masses and radii of stars for which such fundamental data are currently lacking, e.g., sub-giant stars and slowly-rotating low-mass stars.


2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (S258) ◽  
pp. 161-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keivan G. Stassun ◽  
Leslie Hebb ◽  
Mercedes López-Morales ◽  
Andrej Prša

AbstractEclipsing binary stars provide highly accurate measurements of the fundamental physical properties of stars. They therefore serve as stringent tests of the predictions of evolutionary models upon which most stellar age determinations are based. Models generally perform very well in predicting coeval ages for eclipsing binaries with main-sequence components more massive than ≈1.2 M⊙; relative ages are good to ~5% or better in this mass regime. Low-mass main-sequence stars (M < 0.8 M⊙) reveal large discrepancies in the model predicted ages, primarily due to magnetic activity in the observed stars that appears to inhibit convection and likely causes the radii to be 10–20% larger than predicted. In mass-radius diagrams these stars thus appear 50–90% older or younger than they really are. Aside from these activity-related effects, low-mass pre–main-sequence stars at ages ~1 Myr can also show non-coevality of ~30% due to star formation effects, however these effects are largely erased after ~10 Myr.


2020 ◽  
Vol 497 (3) ◽  
pp. 2899-2909
Author(s):  
N J Miller ◽  
P F L Maxted ◽  
B Smalley

ABSTRACT Stars with accurate and precise effective temperature (Teff) measurements are needed to test stellar atmosphere models and calibrate empirical methods to determine Teff. There are few standard stars currently available to calibrate temperature indicators for dwarf stars. Gaia parallaxes now make it possible, in principle, to measure Teff for many dwarf stars in eclipsing binaries. We aim to develop a method that uses high-precision measurements of detached eclipsing binary stars, Gaia parallaxes, and multiwavelength photometry to obtain accurate and precise fundamental effective temperatures that can be used to establish a set of benchmark stars. We select the well-studied binary AI Phoenicis to test our method, since it has very precise absolute parameters and extensive archival photometry. The method uses the stellar radii and parallax for stars in eclipsing binaries. We use a Bayesian approach to obtain the integrated bolometric fluxes for the two stars from observed magnitudes, colours, and flux ratios. The fundamental effective temperature of two stars in AI Phoenicis are 6199 ± 22 K for the F7 V component and 5094 ± 16 K for the K0 IV component. The zero-point error in the flux scale leads to a systematic error of only 0.2 per cent (≈ 11 K) in Teff. We find that these results are robust against the details of the analysis, such as the choice of model spectra. Our method can be applied to eclipsing binary stars with radius, parallax, and photometric measurements across a range of wavelengths. Stars with fundamental effective temperatures determined with this method can be used as benchmarks in future surveys.


2011 ◽  
Vol 142 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Williams ◽  
D. R. Gies ◽  
J. W. Helsel ◽  
R. A. Matson ◽  
S. Caballero-Nieves

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