A 116 Year Record of Mass Transfer in R Arae

Phillip A. Reed

A 116 Year Record of Mass Transfer in R Arae

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2011-02-17 v1

Authors: Phillip A. Reed

Abstract

This is a period study of the bright interacting southern eclipsing binary star R Arae. New photometric data are combined with archival data to determine R Ara's average mass transfer rate over the past 116 years through the analysis of the resulting ephemeris curve. An updated ephemeris is given.

Keywords

eclipsing binary mass transfer period study R Arae ephemeris interacting binary

Cite

@article{arxiv.1102.3230,
  title  = {A 116 Year Record of Mass Transfer in R Arae},
  author = {Phillip A. Reed},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.3230},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

5 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in IBVS on Feb. 14, 2011

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