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Discovery of a Highly Eccentric, Chromospherically Active Binary: ASASSN-V J192114.84+624950.8

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2022-05-25 v1

Abstract

As part of an All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) search for sources with large flux decrements, we discovered a transient where the quiescent, stellar source, ASASSN-V J192114.84+624950.8, rapidly decreased in flux by 55%\sim55\% (0.9\sim0.9 mag) in the g-band. The \textit{TESS} light curve revealed that the source is a highly eccentric, eclipsing binary. Fits to the light curve using \textsc{phoebe} find the binary orbit to have e=0.79e=0.79, Porb=18.462 daysP_{\rm orb}=18.462~\text{days}, and i=88.6i=88.6^{\circ} and the ratios of the stellar radii and temperatures to be R2/R1=0.71R_2/R_1 = 0.71 and Te,2/Te,1=0.82T_{e,2}/T_{e,1} = 0.82. Both stars are chromospherically active, allowing us to determine their rotational periods of P1=1.52P_1=1.52 days and P2=1.79P_2=1.79 days, respectively. A LBT/MODS spectrum shows that the primary is a late-G or early-K type dwarf. Fits to the SED show that the luminosities and temperatures of the two stars are L1=0.48 L\sunL_1 = 0.48~L_{\sun}, T1=5050 KT_1= 5050~K, L2=0.12 L\sunL_2 = 0.12~L_{\sun}, and T2=4190 KT_{2} = 4190~K. We conclude that ASASSN-V J192114.84+624950.8 consists of two chromospherically active, rotational variable stars in a highly elliptical eclipsing orbit.

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@article{arxiv.2109.07586,
  title  = {Discovery of a Highly Eccentric, Chromospherically Active Binary: ASASSN-V J192114.84+624950.8},
  author = {Zachary S. Way and T. Jayasinghe and C. S. Kochanek and K. Z. Stanek and Patrick Vallely and Todd A. Thompson and Thomas W. -S. Holoien and Benjamin J. Shappee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.07586},
  year   = {2022}
}

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9 pages, 9 figures, submitted to MNRAS