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Ultrashort-period MS eclipsing systems. New observations and light curve solutions of six NSVS binaries

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2015-06-23 v1

Abstract

We carried out photometric and low-resolution spectral observations of six eclipsing ultrashort-period binaries with MS components. The light curve solutions of the Rozhen observations show that all targets are overcontact systems. We found well-defined empirical relation "period -- semi-major axis" for the short-period binaries and used it for estimation of the global parameters of the targets. Our results revealed that NSVS 925605 is quite interesting target: (a) it is one of a few contact binaries with M components; (b) it exhibits high activity (emission in Hα\alpha line, X-ray emission, large cool spots, non-Planck energy distribution); (c) its components differ in temperature by 700 K. All appearances of high magnetic activity and huge fillout factor (0.7) of NSVS 925605 might be assumed as a precursor of the predicted merging of close magnetic binaries. Another unusual binary is NSVS 2700153 which reveals considerable long-term variability.

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@article{arxiv.1501.05043,
  title  = {Ultrashort-period MS eclipsing systems. New observations and light curve solutions of six NSVS binaries},
  author = {Dinko Dimitrov and Diana Kjurkchieva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.05043},
  year   = {2015}
}

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9 pages, 11 figures, 9 tables, MNRAS (accepted)