scholarly journals Robo-AO and SOAR High-Resolution Surveys of Exoplanet Hosting Stars

Author(s):  
Carl Ziegler ◽  
Nicholas Law ◽  
Christoph Baranec ◽  
Reed Riddle ◽  
Andrei Tokovinin

In the past decade, space-based transit surveys have delivered thousands of potential planet-hosting systems. Each of these needs to be vetted and characterized using follow-up high-resolution imaging. We perform comprehensive imaging surveys of the candidate exoplanets detected by the Kepler and TESS missions using the fully autonomous Robo-AO system and the largely autonomous SOAR speckle imaging system. The surveys yielded hundreds of previously unknown close binary systems hosting exoplanets and resulted in verification of hundreds of exoplanet systems. Evidence of the interaction between binary stars and planetary systems was also detected, including a deep deficit of planets in close binary systems.

1985 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 584-606
Author(s):  
A. H. Batten ◽  
J. Smak ◽  
K. D. Abhyankar ◽  
J. Andersen ◽  
A. M. Cherepashchuk ◽  
...  

Research on close binary systems has continued at a high level during the past triennium, although the rate of growth is noticeably slower – probably reflecting the cutbacks in funds to which many of us are subject. There have also been changes of emphasis within the field, which are commented on in the pages that follow. These reflect both changing opportunities for observation and the natural development of the subject. In many areas, the time is ripe for a more critical look at ideas that previously seemed adequate.


1974 ◽  
Vol 194 ◽  
pp. L147 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Labeyrie ◽  
D. Bonneau ◽  
R. V. Stachnik ◽  
D. Y. Gezari

1989 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 498-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Truran ◽  
Mario Livio

Significant progress in our understanding of the nature of the outbursts of the classical novae has occurred over the past two decades (see, e.g., reviews by Truran 1982; Starrfield 1986). Their outbursts are now understood to be driven by thermonuclear runaways proceeding in the accreted hydrogen-rich shells on the white dwarf components of close binary systems. Critical parameters which serve to dictate the varied characteristics of the observed outbursts include the intrinsic white dwarf luminosity, the rate of mass accretion, the composition of the envelope matter prior to runaway, and the white dwarf mass.


1981 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 431-456
Author(s):  
Mirek J. Plavec

AbstractMass outflow from interacting close binary systems, accompanied by loss of orbital angular momentum, appears to be a very important process affecting the evolution of binary stars. Together with accretion on the mass-gaining component, it is the least understood aspect of the general complex process we call “evolution with mass transfer and/or mass loss”, or, more briefly, “interaction”. It is therefore very imperative to assemble and examine all available facts or hints about mass loss.


2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (S282) ◽  
pp. 397-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Albrecht ◽  
J. N. Winn ◽  
D. C. Fabrycky ◽  
G. Torres ◽  
J. Setiawan

AbstractBinaries are not always neatly aligned. Previous observations of the DI Herculis system showed that the spin axes of both stars are highly inclined with respect to one another and the orbital axis. Here, we report on our ongoing survey to measure relative orientations of spin-axes in a number of eclipsing binary systems.These observations will hopefully lead to new insights into star and planet formation, as different formation scenarios predict different degrees of alignment and different dependencies on the system parameters. Measurements of spin-orbit angles in close binary systems will also create a basis for comparison for similar measurements involving close-in planets.


2001 ◽  
Vol 200 ◽  
pp. 23-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian A. Bonnell

I review the possible formation mechanisms of close binary stars. The formation of close binary systems is problematic in that there is no theory that does not encounter significant difficulties or unknowns. Fission does not appear to occur in stars. Capture is unlikely to form many close binary systems except possibly amongst massive stars. Fragmentation can form close binary systems but these need to accrete the majority of their eventual mass. Furthermore, there appears to be a limited window in initial conditions that may preclude forming sufficient systems in this way. Possible alternatives include the orbital migration of a binary due to its circumbinary disk and the disintegration of a non-hierarchical multiple system.


Physics Today ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 71-72
Author(s):  
Z. Kopal ◽  
W. D. Heintz ◽  
J. Sahade ◽  
F. R. Wood ◽  
Frank H. Shu

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Iker González-Santamaría ◽  
Minia Manteiga ◽  
Carlos Dafonte

The aim of this work is to search for evidence of close binary stars associated with planetary nebulae (ionized stellar envelopes in expansion) by mining the astronomical archive of Gaia EDR3. For this task, using big data techniques, we selected a sample of central stars of planetary nebulae from almost 2000 million sources in an EDR3 database. Then, we analysed some of their parameters, which could provide clues about the presence of close binary systems, and we ran a statistical test to verify the results. Using this method, we concluded that red stars tend to show more affinity with close binarity than blue ones.


1965 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 120-130
Author(s):  
T. S. Galkina

It is necessary to have quantitative estimates of the intensity of lines (both absorption and emission) to obtain the physical parameters of the atmosphere of components.Some years ago at the Crimean observatory we began the spectroscopic investigation of close binary systems of the early spectral type with components WR, Of, O, B to try and obtain more quantitative information from the study of the spectra of the components.


1998 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 398-398
Author(s):  
Kenji Tanabe

Propagation of the surface waves of the lobe-filing components of close binary systems is investigated theoretically. Such waves are considered to be analogous to the gravity waves of water on the earth. As a result, the equations of the surface wave in the rotating frame of reference are reduced to the so-called Kortewegde Vries (KdV) equation and non-linear Schroedinger (NLS) equation according to its ”depth”. Each of these equations is known to have the solution of soliton. When this soliton is sent to the other component of the binary system through the Lagrangian point, it can give rise to the flare activity observed in some kinds of close binary systems.


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