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As part of an ongoing study to determine the distribution of orbital parameters for massive binaries in the Cygnus OB2 Association, we present the orbital solutions for two new single-lined spectroscopic binaries, MT059 (O8V) & MT258 (O8V),…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Daniel C. Kiminki , M. Virgina McSwain , Henry A. Kobulnicky

New CCD observations for thirteen eccentric eclipsing binaries from the Large Magellanic Cloud were carried out using the Danish 1.54-meter telescope located at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. These systems were observed for their times…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-15 P. Zasche , M. Wolf , J. Vrastil , L. Pilarcik

Twenty-one eclipsing binaries were selected for an analysis from a huge database of observations made by the INTEGRAL/OMC camera. The photometric data were processed and analyzed, resulting in a first light-curve study of these neglected…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-15 P. Zasche

We review the results of our analysis of the OGLE LMC eclipsing binaries (Mazeh, Tamuz & North 2006), using EBAS -- Eclipsing Binary Automated Solver, an automated algorithm to fit lightcurves of eclipsing binaries (Tamuz, Mazeh & North…

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

We present the new results of our long-term observational project to detect the small variations in the orbital periods of low-mass and short-period eclipsing binaries. About 120 new precise mid-eclipse times were obtained for three…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 M. Wolf , H. Kučáková , P. Zasche , K. Hornoch , J. Kára , J. Merc , M. Zejda

We report the discovery of three low-mass double-lined eclipsing binaries in the pre-main sequence Upper Scorpius association, revealed by $K2$ photometric monitoring of the region over $\sim$ 78 days. The orbital periods of all three…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-13 Trevor J. David , Lynne A. Hillenbrand , Ann Marie Cody , John M. Carpenter , Andrew W. Howard

Eclipsing Compact Hierarchical Triples (ECHTs) are systems with the tertiary star orbiting an eclipsing binary (EB) in an orbit of fewer than 1000 days. In a CHT, all three stars exist in a space less than 5 AU in separation. A low-mass CHT…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-09 Ayush Moharana , K. G. Hełminiak , F. Marcadon , T. Pawar , G. Pawar , M. Konacki , A. Jordán , R. Brahm , N. Espinoza

Eclipsing binaries serve as a valuable source of stellar masses and radii that inform stellar evolutionary models and provide insight into additional astrophysical processes. The exquisite light curves generated by space-based missions such…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-25 Rachel A. Matson , Douglas R. Gies , Zhao Guo , Jerome A. Orosz

The properties of the early-type binary Cyg OB2 #5 have been debated for many years and spectroscopic and photometric investigations yielded conflicting results. We have attempted to constrain the physical properties of the binary by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. Linder , G. Rauw , J. Manfroid , Y. Damerdji , M. De Becker , P. Eenens , P. Royer , J. -M. Vreux

We analyze extensive BVRI photometry and radial velocity measurements for three double-lined deeply-eclipsing binary stars in the field of the old open cluster NGC 7142. The short period (P = 1.9096825 d) detached binary V375 Cep is a high…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Eric L. Sandquist , Matthew Shetrone , Andrew W. Serio , Jerome Orosz

The Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR) has observed an area around the Celestial South Pole at Dome A since 2008. About $20,000$ light curves in the i band were obtained lasting from March to July, 2008. The photometric precision…

ASAS is a long term project to monitor bright variable stars over the whole sky. It has discovered 50,122 variables brighter than V < 14 mag south of declination +28 degrees, and among them 11,099 eclipsing binaries. We present a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. Paczynski , D. Szczygiel , B. Pilecki , G. Pojmanski

The purpose of this work is to extend a sample of accurately modeled, benchmark-grade eclipsing binaries with accurately determined masses and radii. We select four "well-behaved" Kepler binaries, KIC2306740, KIC4076952, KIC5193386 and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-05 Kelly Hambleton , Andrej Prsa , Scott W. Fleming , Suvrath Mahadevan , Chad F. Bender

Photometric observations for the totally eclipsing binary system TYC 4002-2628-1, were obtained between November 2020 and November 2021. To determine the stellar atmospheric parameters, a spectral image was taken with the 2.16 m telescope…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-03 Di-Fu. Guo , Kai Li , 1 Fen Liu , Huai-Zhen Li Qi-Qi Xia , Xing Gao , Xiang Gao , Xu Chen , Dong-Yang Gao , Guo-You Sun

We present light curves and periods of 53 candidates for short period eclipsing binary stars identified by SuperWASP. These include 48 newly identified objects with periods <2x10^4 seconds (~0.23d), as well as the shortest period binary…

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

The detection of O- and B-type stars with extremely low-mass companions is very important for understanding the formation and evolution of binary stars. However, their finding remains a challenge because the low-mass components in such…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-17 Linfeng Chang , Shengbang Qian , Lei Zang , Fuxing Li

We present a sample of 242 ultra-short-period (P < 0.22 d) eclipsing and ellipsoidal binary stars identified in the OGLE fields toward the Galactic bulge. Based on the light curve morphology, we divide the sample into candidates for contact…

Since exoplanets were detected using the radial velocity method, they have revealed a diverse distribution of orbital configurations. Amongst these are planets in highly eccentric orbits (e > 0.5). Most of these systems consist of a single…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Stephen R. Kane , Sean N. Raymond

Eclipsing binaries remain crucial objects for our understanding of the universe. In particular, those that are components of multiple systems can help us solve the problem of the formation of these systems. Analysis of the radial velocities…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-11 P. Zasche , J. Jurysek , J. A. Nemravova , R. Uhlar , P. Svoboda , M. Wolf , K. Honkova , M. Masek , M. Prouza , J. Cechura , D. Korcakova , M. Slechta