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Eclipsing binaries in the open cluster Ruprecht 147. IV: The active triple system EPIC 219511354

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2021-11-17 v1

Abstract

We report follow-up spectroscopic observations of the 1.62 day, K-type, detached, active, near-circular, double-lined eclipsing binary EPIC 219511354 in the open cluster Ruprecht 147, identified previously on the basis of photometric observations from the Kepler/K2 mission. This is the fourth eclipsing system analyzed in this cluster. A combined analysis of the light curve and radial velocities yields accurate masses of M(Aa) = 0.912 +/- 0.013 MSun and M(Ab) = 0.822 +/- 0.010 MSun for the primary (star Aa) and secondary (Ab), along with radii of R(Aa) = 0.920 +/- 0.016 RSun and R(Ab) = 0.851 +/- 0.016 RSun, and effective temperatures of 5035 +/- 150 and 4690 +/- 130 K, respectively. Comparison with current models of stellar evolution for the known age and metallicity of the cluster reveals that both radii are larger (by 10--14%) and both temperatures cooler (by \sim6%) than theoretically predicted, as is often seen in M dwarfs. This is likely caused by the significant stellar activity in the system, manifested here by 6% peak-to-peak out-of-eclipse variability, a filled-in Hα\alpha line, and its detection as an X-ray source. We also find EPIC 219511354 to be a hierarchical triple system, with a low-mass tertiary in an eccentric 220 day orbit.

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@article{arxiv.2108.11384,
  title  = {Eclipsing binaries in the open cluster Ruprecht 147. IV: The active triple system EPIC 219511354},
  author = {Guillermo Torres and Andrew Vanderburg and Jason L. Curtis and Adam L. Kraus and Eric Gaidos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.11384},
  year   = {2021}
}

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11 pages in emulateapj format, including figures and tables. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal