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V471 Tauri, a white dwarf--red dwarf eclipsing binary in the Hyades, is well known for stimulating development of common envelope theory, whereby novae and other cataclysmic variables form from much wider binaries by catastrophic orbit…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 Todd R. Vaccaro , Robert E. Wilson , Walter Van Hamme , Dirk Terrell

Observations of the eclipsing binary system V471 Tau show that the time of the primary eclipses varies in an apparent periodic way. With growing evidence that the magnetically active K2 dwarf component might be responsible for driving the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-30 Bonnie Zaire , Jean-Francois Donati , Baptiste Klein

Variations of eclipse arrival times have recently been detected in several post common envelope binaries consisting of a white dwarf and a main sequence companion star. The generally favoured explanation for these timing variations is the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 A. Hardy , M. R. Schreiber , S. G. Parsons , C. Caceres , G. Retamales , Z. Wahhaj , D. Mawet , H. Canovas , L. Cieza , T. R. Marsh , M. C. P. Bours , V. S. Dhillon , A. Bayo

We have carried out an analysis of about 160 eclipse timings spanning over 30 years of the Hyades eclipsing binary V471 Tauri that shows a long-term quasi-sinusoidal modulation of its observed eclipse arrival times. The O-Cs have been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Edward F. Guinan , Ignasi Ribas

Context. Period variations have been detected in a number of eclipsing close compact binary subdwarf B stars (sdBs) and these have often been interpreted as caused by circumbinary massive planets or brown dwarfs. Various evolutionary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-28 D. Pulley , G. Faillace , D. Smith , A. Watkins , S. von Harrach

Eclipsing, short-period post-common envelope binaries (PCEBs) have been studied for several decades by eclipse timing variations (ETVs) which have been interpreted as being caused by circumbinary bodies. In this paper we report 355 new…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-29 D. Pulley , I. D. Sharp , J. Mallett , S. von Harrach

The overwhelming majority of eclipsing white dwarf (WD) binary systems show quasi-periodic variations in eclipse timings on many year timescales. Currently, the mechanism behind these eclipse time variations (ETVs) is not known, with the…

This paper is devoted to study the circumstances favourable to detect Trojan planets in close binary-star-systems by the help of eclipse timing variations (ETVs). To determine the probability of the detection of such variations with ground…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 R. Schwarz , Á. Bazsó , B. Funk , R. Zechner

A growing number of eclipsing binary systems of the "HW Vir" kind (i. e., composed by a subdwarf-B/O primary star and an M dwarf secondary) show variations in their orbital period, also called Eclipse Time Variations (ETVs). Their physical…

We present an in-depth analysis of the eclipsing binary DD CrB, composed of a B-type subdwarf primary and an M-type main-sequence secondary, with the main goal of investigating its eclipse timing variations (ETVs). Our new multi-color…

HS0705+6700 (also identified as V470 Cam) is a short period (2.3 h) post common envelope detached eclipsing sdB binary system which exhibits transit time variations (TTVs) of a cyclical nature. We report a further 25 timings of light minima…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-25 D. Pulley , G. Faillace , D. Smith , C. Owen

V471 Tauri, an eclipsing system consisting of a hot DA white dwarf (WD) and a dK2 companion in a 12.5-hour orbit, is the prototype of the pre-cataclysmic binaries. The late-type component is magnetically active, due to its being constrained…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Howard E. Bond , D. J. Mullan , M. Sean O'Brien , Edward M. Sion

Post-common envelope binary systems evolve when matter is transferred from the primary star at a rate that cannot be accommodated by its secondary companion. A common envelope forms which is subsequently ejected resulting in a system with a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-29 D. Pulley , I. D. Sharp , J. Mallett , S. von Harrach

The Hyades K2V+WD system 471 Tau is a prototype post-common envelope system and a likely cataclysmic binary progenitor. We present 10 days of nearly continuous optical photometry by the MOST (Microvariability & Oscillations of STars)…

In close eclipsing binaries, measurements of the variations in binary's eclipse timing may be used to infer information about the existence of circumbinary objects. To determine the possibility of the detection of such variations with CoRoT…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 R. Schwarz , N. Haghighipour , S. Eggl , E. Pilat-Lohinger , B. Funk

We present a long-term programme for timing the eclipses of white dwarfs in close binaries to measure apparent and/or real variations in their orbital periods. Our programme includes 67 close binaries, both detached and semi-detached and…

V471 Tau is a post-common-envelope binary consisting of an eclipsing DA white dwarf and a K-type main-sequence star in the Hyades star cluster. We analyzed publicly available photometry and spectroscopy of V471 Tau to revise the stellar and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Philip S. Muirhead , Jason Nordhaus , Maria R. Drout

Although triple systems are common, their orbital dynamics and stellar evolution remain poorly understood. We investigated the V1371 Tau system using TESS photometry, multi-epoch spectroscopy, and recent interferometric data, confirming it…

The nature of eclipsing time variations (ETVs) in post-common-envelope binaries (PCEBs) is still unknown. Circumbinary planets routinely fail the test of time and the Applegate mechanism has energetic constraints and problems in reproducing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-01 Felipe H. Navarrete , Dominik R. G. Schleicher , Petri J. Käpylä , Marcel Völschow

Aims: Our goal was to increase number of known doubly eclipsing systems such that the resulting dataset would allow to study them via statistical means, as well as prove that they constitute gravitationally bound 2+2 quadruple system.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-17 P. Zasche , D. Vokrouhlicky , M. Wolf , H. Kucakova , J. Kara , R. Uhlar , M. Masek , Z. Henzl , P. Cagas
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