Techniques for Observing Binaries in Other Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2015-05-30 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract
I present an overview of the techniques used for detecting and following up binaries in nearby galaxies and present the current census of extragalactic binaries, with a focus on eclipsing systems. The motivation for looking in other galaxies is the use of eclipsing binaries as distance indicators and as probes of the most massive stars.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1108.6179,
title = {Techniques for Observing Binaries in Other Galaxies},
author = {Alceste Z. Bonanos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.6179},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
5 pages, 1 table, to appear in the proceedings of the IAUS 282 on "From Interacting Binaries to Exoplanets: Essential Modelling Tools" (Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia, July 2011), Cambridge University Press