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Physical Properties of 29 sdB+dM Eclipsing Binaries in Zwicky Transient Facility

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2022-03-14 v1

Abstract

The development of large-scale time-domain surveys provides an opportunity to study the physical properties as well as the evolutionary scenario of B-type subdwarfs (sdB) and M-type dwarfs (dM). Here, we obtained 33 sdB+dM eclipsing binaries based on the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) light curves and GaiaGaia early data release 3 (EDR3) parallaxes. By using the PHOEBE code for light curve analysis, we obtain probability distributions for parameters of 29 sdB+dM. R1R_1, R2R_2, and ii are well determined, and the average uncertainty of mass ratio qq is 0.08. Our parameters are in good agreement with previous works if a typical mass of sdB is assumed. Based on parameters of 29 sdB+dM, we find that both the mass ratio qq and the companion's radius R2R_2 decrease with the shortening of the orbital period. For the three sdB+dMs with orbital periods less than 0.075 days, their companions are all brown dwarfs. The masses and radii of the companions satisfy the mass--radius relation for low-mass stars and brown dwarfs. Companions with radii between 0.12R0.12R_\odot and 0.15R0.15R_\odot seem to be missing in the observations. As more short-period sdB+dM eclipsing binaries are discovered and classified in the future with ZTF and GaiaGaia, we will have more information to constrain the evolutionary ending of sdB+dM.

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@article{arxiv.2201.03721,
  title  = {Physical Properties of 29 sdB+dM Eclipsing Binaries in Zwicky Transient Facility},
  author = {Min Dai and Xiaodian Chen and Kun Wang and Yangping Luo and Shu Wang and Licai Deng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.03721},
  year   = {2022}
}

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16 pages, 10 figures, 5 tables, 2 appendices (14 pages, 27 figures), accepted for publication in Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics