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Our study aims to elucidate both short-term and long-term variations in the light curve of the eclipsing system OGLE-LMC-ECL-14413, with a particular focus on the unusual reversals in eclipse depth. We aim to clarify the role of the…

The study of apsidal motion rates in eccentric eclipsing binaries provides an important observational test of theoretical models of stellar structure and evolution. Precise physical parameters of the stellar components together with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-11 Marek Wolf , Petr Zasche , Miloslav Zejda , Martin Mašek

We present an analysis of a new detached eclipsing binary, OGLE-LMC-ECL-25658, in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The system consists of two late G-type giant stars on an eccentric orbit and orbital period of ~200 days. The system shows total…

CONTEXT: Accurate mass, radius, and abundance determinations from binaries provide important information on stellar evolution, fundamental to central fields in modern astrophysics and cosmology. AIMS: Within the long-term Copenhagen Binary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. V. Clausen , L. P. R. Vaz , J. M. Garcia , A. Gimenez , B. E. Helt , E. H. Olsen , J. Andersen

We have conducted a programme to determine the fundamental parameters of a substantial number of eclipsing binaries of spectral types O and B in the Small Magellanic Cloud. New spectroscopic data, obtained with the two-degree-field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-29 R. W. Hilditch , I. D. Howarth , T. J. Harries

We present the first results of an observational programme to measure the fundamental parameters of over 100 eclipsing binaries in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The spectroscopic data were obtained by using the 2dF multi-object…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Tim J. Harries , Ron W. Hilditch , Ian D. Howarth

Apsidal motion is the precession of the line of apsides in the orbit of a binary star due to perturbations from General Relativity (GR), tides, or third-body interactions. The rate of precession due to tidal effects depends on the interior…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-30 Alexander J. Dimoff , Jerome A. Orosz

Context: Multiple stellar systems are unique laboratories for astrophysics. Analysis of their orbital dynamics may reveal invaluable information about the physical properties of the participating stars. Unfortunately, there are only a few…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-10 J. Juryšek , P. Zasche , M. Wolf , J. Vraštil , D. Vokrouhlický , M. Skarka , J. Liška , J. Janík , M. Zejda , P. Kurfürst , E. Paunzen

In the first paper of this series we presented EBAS, a new fully automated algorithm to analyse the lightcurves of eclipsing binaries, based on the EBOP code. Here we apply the new algorithm to the whole sample of 2580 binaries found in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Tsevi Mazeh , Omer Tamuz , Pierre North

We performed a new and accurate fit of light and radial velocity curves of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Cepheid --OGLE-LMC-CEP-0227-- belonging to a detached double-lined eclipsing binary system. We computed several sets of nonlinear,…

Thirty eight long-period (P>10 days), apparently contact binary stars discovered by the OGLE-II project in the SMC appear to be Beta Lyrae-type systems with ellipsoidal variations of the cool components dominating over eclipse effects in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Slavek M. Rucinski , Carla Maceroni

The change in the argument of periastron of eclipsing binaries, i.e., the apsidal motion caused by classical and relativistic effects, can be measured from variations in the difference between the time of minimum light of the primary and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-12 D. Baroch , A. Giménez , I. Ribas , J. C. Morales , G. Anglada-Escudé , A. Claret

New ground-based and space-based photometric data have been obtained and archival spectroscopic measurements were used in this study of three detached early-type and southern-hemisphere eccentric eclipsing binaries GM Nor (P = 1.88 d, e =…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-14 M. Wolf , P. Zasche , J. Kára , M. Zejda , J. Janík , M. Mašek , M. Lehký , J. Merc , A. Richterková , D. Hanžl , Z. Mikulášek , S. N. de Villiers , J. Liška

We have analyzed the double-lined eclipsing binary system OGLE-051019.64-685812.3 in the LMC which consists of two G4 giant components with very similar effective temperatures. A detailed analysis of the OGLE I-band light curve of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 G. Pietrzynski , I. Thompson , D. Graczyk , W. Gieren , A. Udalski , O. Szewczyk , D. Minniti , Z. Kolaczkowski , F. Bresolin , R. -P. Kudritzki

In 2002, 2004, and 2017 we conducted high precision CCD photometry observations of the eclipsing binary system AS~Cam. By the analysis of the light curves from 1967 to 2017 (our data + data from the literature) we obtained photometric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-07 V. S. Kozyreva , A. V. Kusakin , A. I. Bogomazov

We present the catalog of 1459 eclipsing binary stars detected in the central 2.4 square degree area of the Small Magellanic Cloud during the OGLE-II microlensing search. The sample includes objects brighter than I=20 mag with periods…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Udalski , I. Soszynski , M. Szymanski , M. Kubiak , G. Pietrzynski , P. Wozniak , K. Zebrun

In this first paper of the series we describe our project to calibrate the distance determination method based on early-type binary systems. The final objective is to measure accurate, geometrical distances to galaxies beyond the Magellanic…

We present the catalog of 2580 eclipsing binary stars detected in 4.6 square degree area of the central parts of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The photometric data were collected during the second phase of the OGLE microlensing search from…

We have obtained extensive high-quality spectroscopic observations of the OGLE-LMC-CEP-1718 eclipsing binary system in the Large Magellanic Cloud which Soszynski et al. (2008) had identified as a candidate system for containing two…

The main aim of the present paper is the very first analysis of the binary-orbit precession out of our Galaxy. The light curves of an eclipsing binary MACHO 82.8043.171 in the Large Magellanic cloud (LMC) were studied in order to analyse…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-13 P. Zasche , M. Wolf