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Two possible circumbinary planets in the eclipsing post-common envelope system NSVS 14256825

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2015-06-11 v2 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

Abstract

We present an analysis of eclipse timings of the post-common envelope binary NSVS 14256825, which is composed of an sdOB star and a dM star in a close orbit (P_{orb} = 0.110374 days). High-speed photometry of this system was performed between July, 2010 and August, 2012. Ten new mid-eclipse times were analyzed together with all available eclipse times in the literature. We revisited the (O-C) diagram using a linear ephemeris and verified a clear orbital period variation. On the assumption that these orbital period variations are caused by light travel time effects, the (O-C) diagram can be explained by the presence of two circumbinary bodies, even though this explanation requires a longer baseline of observations to be fully tested. The orbital periods of the best solution would be P_c ~ 3.5 years and P_d ~ 6.9 years. The corresponding projected semi-major axes would be a_c i_c ~ 1.9 AU and a_d i_d ~ 2.9 AU. The masses of the external bodies would be M_c ~ 2.9 M_{Jupiter} and M_d ~ 8.1 M_{Jupiter}, if we assume their orbits are coplanar with the close binary. Therefore NSVS 14256825 might be composed of a close binary with two circumbinary planets, though the orbital period variations is still open to other interpretations.

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@article{arxiv.1210.3055,
  title  = {Two possible circumbinary planets in the eclipsing post-common envelope system NSVS 14256825},
  author = {L. A. Almeida and F. Jablonski and C. V. Rodrigues},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.3055},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

16 pages, 3 figures, 4 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJ

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