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Recent asteroseismic measurements have revealed a small population of stars in close binaries, containing primaries with extremely slow rotation rates. Such stars defy the standard expectation of tidal synchronization in such systems, but…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-18 Catherine Felce , Jim Fuller

During the primary Kepler mission, between 2009 and 2013, about 150,000 pre-selected targets were observed with a 29.42 minute-long cadence. However, a survey of background stars that fall within the field of view (FOV) of the downloaded…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-12 John Bienias , Attila Bódi , Adrienn Forró , Tamás Hajdu , Róbert Szabó

One of the main uncertainties in evolutionary calculations of massive stars is the efficiency of internal mixing. It changes the chemical profile inside the star and can therefore affect the structure and further evolution. We demonstrate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. E. de Mink , M. Cantiello , N. Langer , O. R. Pols

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…

In a systematic search for eclipsing white dwarfs using Zwicky transient facility (ZTF) data, we found seven eclipsing double white dwarfs with orbital periods ranging from 45 minutes to 3 hours. We collected high-speed light curves,…

Thousands of tight ($<1$ AU) main sequence binaries have been discovered, but it is uncertain how they formed. There is likely too much angular momentum in a collapsing, fragmenting protostellar cloud to form such binaries in situ,…

We have searched the Kepler light curves of ~3900 M-star targets for evidence of periodicities that indicate, by means of the effects of starspots, rapid stellar rotation. Several analysis techniques, including Fourier transforms,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 S. Rappaport , J. Swift , A. Levine , M. Joss , R. Sanchis-Ojeda , T. Barclay , M. Still , G. Handler , K. Oláh , P. S. Muirhead , D. Huber , K. Vida

According to dynamo theory, stars with convective envelopes efficiently generate surface magnetic fields, which manifest as magnetic activity in the form of starspots, faculae, flares, when their rotation period is shorter than their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-14 Charlotte Gehan , Patrick Gaulme , Jie Yu

Eclipsing binaries are crucial for understanding stellar physics, allowing detailed studies of stellar masses, radii, and orbital dynamics. Recent space missions like the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have significantly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-20 L. W. IJspeert , A. Tkachenko , C. Johnston , C. Aerts

We perform new longterm (15-16 orbits) simulations of coalescing binary neutron stars in numerical relativity using an updated Einstein's equation solver, employing low-eccentricity initial data, and modeling the neutron stars by a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-01 Kenta Hotokezaka , Koutarou Kyutoku , Hirotada Okawa , Masaru Shibata

We report a mechanism capable of reducing (or increasing) stellar activity in binary stars, thereby potentially enhancing (or destroying) circumbinary habitability. In single stars, stellar aggression towards planetary atmospheres causes…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-29 Paul A. Mason , Jorge I. Zuluaga , Joni Clark , Pablo A. Cuartas

Many hot subdwarf stars show composite spectral energy distributions indicative of cool main sequence companions. Binary population synthesis (BPS) models demonstrate such systems can be formed via Roche lobe overflow or common envelope…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Brad N. Barlow , Richard A. Wade , Sandra E. Liss , Roy H. Østensen , Hans Van Winckel

We present the results of a search through the photometric database of eclipsing Kepler binaries (Prsa et al. 2011; Slawson et al. 2011) looking for evidence of hierarchical triple star systems. The presence of a third star orbiting the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 S. Rappaport , K. Deck , A. Levine , T. Borkovits , J. Carter , I. El Mellah , R. Sanchis-Ojeda , B. Kalomeni

The orbital separation of compact binary stars will shrink with time due to the emission of gravitational radiation. This inspiralling phase of a binary system's evolution generally will be very long compared to the system's orbital period,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 Kimberly C. B. New , Joel E. Tohline

Spectroscopic Eclipsing Binaries (SEBs) are fundamental benchmarks in stellar astrophysics and today are observed in breathtaking detail by missions like TESS, Kepler, and APOGEE. We develop a methodology for simultaneous analysis of high…

Dwarf carbon stars are dominated by members of the Galactic halo and are thus likely carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars. In this work, a sample of 879 bona fide dwarf carbon stars are characterized by their ground-based light curves, and p<15…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-13 Jonathan A. G. McLennan , Jay Farihi , Steven G. Parsons

The sets of the synchronous equations are derived from the sets of non-synchronous equations The analytical solutions are given by solving the set of differential equations. The results of the evolutionary tendency of the orbit-spin are…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Lin-Sen Li

As a significant fraction of stars are in multiple systems, binaries play a crucial role in stellar evolution. Among short-period (<1 day) binary characteristics, age remains one of the most difficult to measure. In this paper, we constrain…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-05 Hsiang-Chih Hwang , Nadia Zakamska

Extreme eclipsing binaries may harbor peculiar physical properties. In this work, we aim to identify a sample of such systems by selecting binaries with pronounced eclipsing light curves, characterized of large variability ($\Delta…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-16 Jiangxinxin Zhuang , Zhi-Xiang Zhang , Wei-Min Gu , Senyu Qi

We present a catalog of 1292 low-mass (M&M) short-period eclipsing binaries observed by the TESS mission. Eclipsing binaries are useful for many aspects of stellar astrophysics, including calibrating stellar models, and catalogs of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-30 Dominic Oddo , Diana Dragomir , Brian P. Powell , Veselin B. Kostov , Te Han