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NSVS 01286630: A Detached Binary with a Close-in Companion

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2018-09-19 v1

Abstract

New photometric observations of NSVS 01286630 were performed and two sets of four-color (B, V , Rc, Ic) light curves (LCs) were obtained. Using the 2013 version of the Wilson-Devinney (W-D) code, we analyzed these data. The photometric solutions reveal that NSVS 01286630 is an active detached eclipsing binary (EB) with a high orbit inclination. Remarkably, the temperature of the primary component (the hotter star) is higher than the secondary one, but, the value of mass ratio q(M2/M1) for NSVS 0128663 is more than 1, which can be explained that the surface of the secondary component of NSVS 01286630 is covered with big cool-star-spots. Based on our new CCD mid-eclipse times and the data published until now, the variations of the mid-eclipse times were reanalyzed in detail using a weighted least-squares method. It is discovered that the (O-C) diagram of the system shows a cyclic oscillation with a period of 3.61 yr and an amplitude of 0.001 days. The cyclic variation may be caused by the light travel time effect (LTTE) due to the presence of a third companion, whose mass we calculated is about 0.11 solar mass. The third body may affect the orbital evolution of the central binary system by transferring the angular momentum.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1805.04978,
  title  = {NSVS 01286630: A Detached Binary with a Close-in Companion},
  author = {Bin Zhang and Sheng-bang Qian and Wen-ping Liao and Li-ying Zhu and Ai-jun Dong and Qi-jun Zhi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.04978},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

12 pages, 5 figures, accepted by RAA

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