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Abstract abridged. Eclipsing binary systems provide the opportunity to measure the fundamental parameters of their component stars in a stellar-model-independent way. This makes them ideal candidates for testing and calibrating theories of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-12 Luc W. IJspeert , Andrew Tkachenko , Cole Johnston , Andrej Prša , Mark A. Wells , Conny Aerts

We present a theoretical model to sufficiently investigate the optical rotational Doppler effect based on modal expansion method. We find that the frequency shift content is only determined by the surface of spinning object and the reduced…

Optics · Physics 2016-08-02 Hailong Zhou , Dongzhi Fu , Jianji Dong , Pei Zhang , Xinliang Zhang

The unparalleled photometric data obtained by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has led to improved understanding of red-giant stars and binary stars. We discuss the characterization of known eccentric system, containing a solar-like…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-23 P. G. Beck , K. Hambleton , J. Vos , T. Kallinger , R. A. Garcia , S. Mathur , K. Houmani

In recent years, analyses of eclipsing binary systems have unveiled differences between the observed fundamental properties of low-mass stars and those predicted by stellar structure models. Particularly, radius and effective temperatures…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 J. C. Morales , J. Gallardo , I. Ribas , C. Jordi , I. Baraffe , G. Chabrier

Evidence from the analysis of eclipsing binary systems revealed that late-type stars are larger and cooler than predicted by models, and that this is probably caused by stellar magnetic activity. In this work, we revisit this problem taking…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-13 J. C. Morales , I. Ribas , Á. Giménez , D. Baroch

Eclipsing binary systems with pulsating components offer a unique possibility to accurately measure the most important parameters of pulsating stars, to study their evolution, and to test the pulsation theory. I will show what we can learn…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-04 Bogumił Pilecki

Gamma-ray binaries could be compact pulsar wind nebulae formed when a young pulsar orbits a massive star. The pulsar wind is contained by the stellar wind of the O or Be companion, creating a relativistic comet-like structure accompanying…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 G. Dubus , B. Cerutti , G. Henri

The radial velocity method for detecting extra-solar planets relies on measuring the star's wobble around the system's center of mass. Since this is an indirect method, we may ask if there are other dynamical effects that can mimic such…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-29 M. H. M. Morais , A. C. M. Correia

The Doppler effect is commonly used to infer the velocity difference between stars based on the relative shifts in the rest-frame wavelengths of their spectral features. In dynamically-cold systems with a low velocity dispersion, such as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-01-22 Abraham Loeb

Stars within the innermost part of the Nuclear Star Cluster can reach orbital velocities up to a few percent of the light speed. As analyzed by Rafikov (2020), Doppler boosting of stellar light may be of relevance at the pericenter of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-20 Michal Zajaček

We present a catalog of precise eclipse times and analysis of third body signals among 1279 close binaries in the latest Kepler Eclipsing Binary Catalog. For these short period binaries, Kepler's 30 minute exposure time causes significant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Kyle E. Conroy , Andrej Prsa , Keivan G. Stassun , Jerome A. Orosz , Daniel C. Fabrycky , William F. Welsh

The precise radial velocity technique is a cornerstone of exoplanetary astronomy. Astronomers measure Doppler shifts in the star's spectral features, which track the line-of/sight gravitational accelerations of a star caused by the planets…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-06 Jason T. Wright

High-precision radial-velocity techniques, which enabled the detection of extrasolar planets are now sensitive to relativistic effects in the data of spectroscopic binary stars (SBs). We show how these effects can be used to derive the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Shay Zucker , Tal Alexander

When circularly polarized light is scattered from a rotating target, a rotational Doppler shift (RDS) emerges from an exchange of angular momentum between the spinning object and the electromagnetic field. Here, we used coherently spinning…

Gravitational microlensing events are powerful tools for the study of stellar populations. In particular, they can be used to discover and study a variety of binary systems. A large number of binary lenses have already been found through…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-09 Xinyi Guo , Ann Esin , Rosanne Di Stefano , Jeffrey Taylor

The orientation of a massive binary undergoes a random walk due to gravitational encounters with field stars. The rotational diffusion coefficient for a circular-orbit binary is derived via scattering experiments. The binary is shown to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 David Merritt

A new catalog of visual double systems containing eclipsing binaries as one component is presented. The main purpose of this catalog is to compile a complete list of all known multiples of this variety, both for current analysis and to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-30 P. Zasche , M. Wolf , W. I. Hartkopf , P. Svoboda , R. Uhlar , A. Liakos , K. Gazeas

Analyzing the available photometry from the Kepler satellite and other databases, we performed detailed light curve modeling of 10 eclipsing binary systems that were found to exhibit a periodic modulation of their orbital periods. All of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 P. Zasche , M. Wolf , H. Kucakova , J. Vrastil , J. Jurysek , M. Masek , M. Jelinek

Studies of binary pulsars provide insight into various theories of physics. Detection of such systems is challenging due to the Doppler modulation of the pulsed signal caused by the orbital motion of the pulsar. We investigated the loss of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-17 Manjari Bagchi , Duncan R. Lorimer , Spencer Wolfe

Compact binaries consisting of neutron stars / black holes on eccentric orbit undergo a perturbed Keplerian motion. The perturbations are either of relativistic origin or are related to the spin, mass quadrupole and magnetic dipole moments…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 Zoltán Keresztes , Balázs Mikóczi , László Á. Gergely