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We describe a newly-discovered detached M-dwarf eclipsing binary system, the fourth such system known. This system was first observed by the TrES network during a long term photometry campaign of 54 nights. Analysis of the folded light…

We present new photometry and spectroscopy of the eclipsing white dwarf - M-dwarf binary star RR Cae. We use timings of the primary eclipse from white-light photo-electric photometry to derive a new ephemeris for the eclipses. We find no…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. F. L. Maxted , D. O'Donoghue , L. Morales-Rueda , R. Napiwotzki

We have discovered a new, near-equal mass, eclipsing M dwarf binary from the Next Generation Transit Survey. This system is only one of 3 field age ($>$ 1 Gyr), late M dwarf eclipsing binaries known, and has a period of 1.74774 days,…

In this paper, we derive the fundamental properties of 1SWASPJ011351.29+314909.7 (J0113+31), a metal-poor (-0.40 +/- 0.04 dex), eclipsing binary in an eccentric orbit (~0.3) with an orbital period of ~14.277 d. Eclipsing M dwarfs orbiting…

We analyse the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey light curves of 835 spectroscopically confirmed white dwarf plus main-sequence binaries from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) with g<19, in search of new eclipsing systems. We identify…

White dwarfs typically have masses in a narrow range centered at about 0.6 solar masses (Msun). Only a few ultra-massive white dwarfs (M>1.2 Msun) are known. Those in binary systems are of particular interest because a small amount of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-03-05 S. Mereghetti , A. Tiengo , P. Esposito , N. La Palombara , G. L. Israel , L. Stella

An XMM-Mewton observation performed in May 2008 has confirmed that the 13 seconds pulsations in the X-ray binary HD 49798/RX J0648.0-4418 are due to a rapidly rotating white dwarf. From the pulse time delays induced by the 1.55 days orbital…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 S. Mereghetti , A. Tiengo , P. Esposito , N. La Palombara , G. L. Israel , L. Stella

Double white dwarf systems are of great astrophysical importance in the field of gravitational wave and Type Ia supernova. While the binary fraction of CO core white dwarf is about a few percents, the extremely low mass white dwarfs are all…

Low mass white dwarfs are the remnants of disrupted red giant stars in binary millisecond pulsars and other exotic binary star systems. Some low mass white dwarfs cool rapidly, while others stay bright for millions of years due to stable…

SDSSJ125733.63+542850.5 (hereafter SDSSJ1257+5428) is a compact white dwarf binary from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey that exhibits high-amplitude radial velocity variations on a period of 4.56 hours. While an initial analysis suggested the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 T. R. Marsh , B. T. Gaensicke , D. Steeghs , J. Southworth , D. Koester , V. Harris , L. Merry

We revisit the binary and stellar properties of the double-degenerate system NLTT 16249. An analysis of new echelle spectra, supported by a joint study of a DQZ velocity template NLTT 44303, confirms the orbital period and constrains the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-05 Stephane Vennes , Adela Kawka

We derive precise system parameters for the pre-cataclysmic binary, NN Ser. From light curve fitting we find an orbital inclination of i = 89.6 +/- 0.2 deg. From the HeII absorption line we find K_{WD}= 62.3 +/- 1.9 km/s. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-24 S. G. Parsons , T. R. Marsh , C. M. Copperwheat , V. S. Dhillon , S. P. Littlefair , B. T. Gansicke , R. Hickman

We report the discovery of a detached double white dwarf binary with an orbital period of $\approx20.6\,\rm minutes$, PTF J053332.05+020911.6. The visible object in this binary, PTF J0533+0209B, is a $\approx 0.17\,M_\odot$ mass white dwarf…

The Hubble Space Telescope observation of the double white dwarf (WD) binary SDSS J125733.63$+$542850.5 reveal that the massive WD has a surface gravity log$g_1\sim8.7$ (which implies a mass of $M_1\sim1.06~{\rm M_\odot}$) and an effective…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-16 Long Jiang , Wen-Cong Chen , Xiang-Dong Li

New photometric observations of NSVS 01286630 were performed and two sets of four-color (B, V , Rc, Ic) light curves (LCs) were obtained. Using the 2013 version of the Wilson-Devinney (W-D) code, we analyzed these data. The photometric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-19 Bin Zhang , Sheng-bang Qian , Wen-ping Liao , Li-ying Zhu , Ai-jun Dong , Qi-jun Zhi

Hot subdwarf B stars (sdBs) are evolved, core helium-burning objects located on the extreme horizontal branch. Their formation history is still puzzling as the sdB progenitors must lose nearly all of their hydrogen envelope during the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-22 V. Schaffenroth , B. N. Barlow , H. Drechsel , B. H. Dunlap

Taking advantage of the now available Gaia EDR3 parallaxes, we carry out an archival {\it Hubble Space Telescope} (HST) far ultraviolet spectroscopic analysis of 10 cataclysmic variable systems, including 5 carefully selected eclipsing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-30 Patrick Godon , Edward M. Sion

We present the discovery with WISE of a significant infrared excess associated with the eclipsing post-common envelope binary SDSSJ 030308.35+005443.7, the first excess discovered around a non-interacting white dwarf+main sequence M dwarf…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 John H. Debes , D. W. Hoard , Jay Farihi , Stefanie Wachter , David T. Leisawitz , Martin Cohen

Low-mass stars in eclipsing binary systems show radii larger and effective temperatures lower than theoretical stellar models predict for isolated stars with the same masses. Eclipsing binaries with low-mass components are hard to find due…

We report the discovery and characterisation of a new M-dwarf binary, with component masses and radii of M1 = 0.244 -0.003/+0.003 Msun, R1 = 0.261 -0.009/+0.006 Rsun, M2 = 0.179 -0.001/+0.002 Msun, R2 = 0.218 -0.011/+0.007 Rsun, and orbital…