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Stellar fundamental properties (masses, radii, effective temperatures) can be extracted from observations of eclipsing binary systems with remarkable precision, often better than 2%. Such precise measurements afford us the opportunity to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-10 Gregory A. Feiden

We present the results of age determination for galactic B-type main sequence stars which are components of double-lined eclipsing binaries. Only detached systems are considered. We analyze 38 binary systems that meet such criteria. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 J. Daszyńska-Daszkiewicz , A. Miszuda

Massive stars are often born in triples, where gravitational dynamics and stellar interactions play a crucial role in shaping their evolution. One such pathway includes the merger of the inner binary, transforming the system to a binary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-19 F. Kummer , G. Simion , S. Toonen , A. de Koter

We performed a theoretical analysis on the relevance of the small frequency separation $\delta \nu$ in determining stellar ages, masses, and radii. We adopted the SCEPtER pipeline for low-mass stars, [0.7, 1.05] Msun. Synthetic stars were…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-11 G. Valle , M. Dell'Omodarme , P. G. Prada Moroni , S. Degl'Innocenti

Pre-main sequence (PMS) models provide invaluable tools for the study of star forming regions as they allow to assign masses and ages to young stars. Thus it is of primary importance to test the models against observations of PMS stars with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Mario Gennaro , Pier Giorgio Prada Moroni , Emanuele Tognelli

In the absence of constraints from the binary companion or supernova remnant, the standard method for estimating pulsar ages is to infer an age from the rate of spin-down. While the generic spin-down age may give realistic estimates for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-03-13 Bulent Kiziltan , Stephen E. Thorsett

The evolution of binary stellar systems involves a wide range of physical processes, many of which are not yet well understood. We aim to build a general-purpose algorithm based on inverse population synthesis techniques, able to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-11 Santiago Torres , Marta Gili , Alberto Rebassa-Mansergas , Alejandro Santos-García , Alex J. Brown , Steven G. Parsons

We present a new analysis of the multiple star V1200 Centauri based on the most recent observations for this system. We used the photometric observations from the Solaris network and the TESS telescope, combined with the new radial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-07 F. Marcadon , K. G. Hełminiak , J. P. Marques , R. Pawłaszek , P. Sybilski , S. K. Kozłowski , M. Ratajczak , M. Konacki

We present evolutionary calculations aimed at describing the born-again scenario for post-AGB remnant stars of 0.5842 and 0.5885 \msun. Results are based on a detailed treatment of the physical processes responsible for the chemical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. M. Miller Bertolami , L. G. Althaus , A. M. Serenelli , J. A. Panei

Inferences from observations clearly show that mixing in stars extends beyond the convective boundaries defined by mixing length theory. This triggered the proposal of a variety of prescriptions to include additional mixing in stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-01 Lynn Buchele

The photometric and spectroscopic data for three double-lined detached eclipsing binaries were collected from the photometric and spectral surveys. The light and radial velocity curves of each binary system were simultaneously analyzed by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-10 D. -Y. Yang , L. -F. Li , Q. -W. Han

We present constraints on the variability and binarity of young stars in the central 10 arcseconds (~0.4 pc) of the Milky Way Galactic Center (GC) using Keck Adaptive Optics data over a 12 year baseline. Given our experiment's photometric…

Asteroseismic modelling is a powerful way to derive stellar properties. However, the derived quantities are limited by built-in assumptions used in stellar models. This work presents a detailed characterisation of stellar model…

An all-sky sample of 1227 visual binaries based on Washington Double Star catalogue is constructed to infer the IMF, mass ratio, and projected distance distribution with a dedicated population synthesis model. Parallaxes from Gaia DR2 and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-02 Dmitry Chulkov

Results of an archival survey are presented using B-band imaging of the eastern spiral arm of M31. Focusing on the eclipsing binary star population, a matched-filter technique has been used to identify 280 binary systems. Of these, 127…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ian Todd , Don Pollacco , Ian Skillen , D. M. Bramich , Steve Bell , Thomas Augusteijn

Stellar models rely on a number of free parameters. High-quality observations of eclipsing binary stars observed by Kepler offer a great opportunity to calibrate model parameters for evolved stars. Our study focuses on six Kepler red giants…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-31 Tanda Li , Timothy R. Bedding , Daniel Huber , Warrick H. Ball , Dennis Stello , Simon J. Murphy , Joss Bland-Hawthorn

In this work we quantify the performance of $LSST$ on the detection of eclipsing binaries. We use $Kepler$ observed binaries to create a large sample of simulated pseudo-$LSST$ binary light curves. From these light curves, we attempt to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-10 Mark Wells , Andrej Prša , Lynne Jones , Peter Yoachim

We perform numerical simulations to investigate high-power wind accretion in massive binary systems undergoing enhanced mass-loss episodes. The primary star is taken in the mass range $M_{1} = 60$--$90\,\mathrm{M_{\odot}}$, while the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-04 Bhawna Mukhija , Amit Kashi

We present models of the components of the systems KOI-126 and CM Draconis, the two eclipsing binary systems known to date to contain stars with masses low enough to have fully convective interiors. We are able to model satisfactorily the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Federico Spada , Pierre Demarque

WW Aurigae is a detached eclipsing binary composed of two metallic-lined A-type stars orbiting each other every 2.5 days. We have determined the masses and radii of both components to accuracies of 0.4 and 0.6 percent, respectively. From a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-02 John Southworth , B Smalley , P F L Maxted , A Claret , P B Etzel