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Aims: We aim to perform the first long-term analysis of the system HS Hya. Methods: We performed an analysis of the long-term evolution of the light curves of the detached eclipsing system HS Hya. Collecting all available photometric data…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-05-31 P. Zasche , A. Paschke

Eclipsing binary systems are unique stellar objects to examine and understand the stellar evolution and the formation. Thanks to these systems, the fundamental stellar parameters (mass, radius) can be obtained very precisely. The existence…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-30 Filiz Kahraman Alicavus , Fahri Alicavus

We present a detailed analysis of the detached eclipsing binary system HO Telescopii, which contains two A-type stars in a circular orbit of period 1.613 d. We use light curves from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-26 John Southworth

Eclipsing binary systems play a vital role in astrophysics, as they provide a direct means of measuring fundamental stellar parameters. By combining high-precision space-based observations with ground-based multicolor photometric data,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-12 N. Alan , M. Alpsoy , Y. Kilic

Spectroscopic and eclipsing binary systems offer the best means for determining accurate physical properties of stars, including their masses and radii. The data available for low-mass stars have yielded firm evidence that stellar structure…

Eclipsing binary star systems provide the most accurate method of measuring both the masses and radii of stars. Moreover, they enable testing tidal synchronization and circularization theories, as well as constraining models of stellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-04 Jonathan Devor

Although comparatively bright, the cataclysmic variable GY Hya has not attracted much attention in the past. As part of a project to better characterize such systems photometrically, we observed light curves in white light, each spanning…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-22 Albert Bruch , Berto Monard

Eclipsing binaries are vital for directly determining stellar parameters without reliance on models or scaling relations. Spectroscopically derived parameters of detached and semi-detached binaries allow us to determine component masses…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-15 Rachel A. Matson , Douglas R. Gies , Zhao Guo , Stephen J. Williams

We report on the properties of eclipsing binaries from the Kepler mission with a newly developed photometric modeling code, which uses the light curve, spectral energy distribution of each binary, and stellar evolution models to infer…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Diana Windemuth , Eric Agol , Aleezah Ali , Flavien Kiefer

The complexity of composite spectra of close binaries makes the study of the individual stellar spectra extremely difficult. For this reason there exists very little information on the chemical composition of high-mass stars in close…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-18 K. Pavlovski , J. Southworth , E. Tamajo , V. Kolbas

Full tests to stellar models below 1 Msun have been hindered until now by the scarce number of precise measurements of the stars' most fundamental parameters: their masses and radii. With the current observational techniques, the required…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mercedes Lopez-Morales , J. Scott Shaw

Aims. HD166734 is an eccentric eclipsing binary system composed of two supergiant O-type stars, orbiting with a 34.5-day period. In this rare configuration for such stars, the two objects mainly evolve independently, following single-star…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-22 L. Mahy , Y. Damerdji , E. Gosset , C. Nitschelm , P. Eenens , H. Sana , A. Klotz

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

Massive, eclipsing, double-lined, spectroscopic binaries are not common but are necessary to understand the evolution of massive stars as they are the only direct way to determine stellar masses. They are also the progenitors of energetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 V. E. Stroud , J. S. Clark , I. Negueruela , P. Roche , A. J. Norton , F. Vilardell

The mass discrepancy problem, observed in high-mass stars within eclipsing binaries, highlights systematic differences between dynamical and evolutionary mass estimates, challenging the accuracy of stellar evolution models. We aim to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-15 Nadya Serebriakova , Andrew Tkachenko , Cole Johnston , Krešimir Pavlovski , Conny Aerts

Evidence from the analysis of eclipsing binary systems revealed that late-type stars are larger and cooler than predicted by models, and that this is probably caused by stellar magnetic activity. In this work, we revisit this problem taking…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-13 J. C. Morales , I. Ribas , Á. Giménez , D. Baroch

Context. Mass loss is an important property in evolution models of massive stars. As up to 90% of the massive stars have a visual or spectroscopic companion and many of them exhibit mass exchange, mass-loss rates can be acquired through the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-02 Jaan Laur , Elmo Tempel , Taavi Tuvikene , Tõnis Eenmäe , Indrek Kolka

We report the detection of stellar eclipses in the LP 661-13 system. We present the discovery and characterization of this system, including high resolution spectroscopic radial velocities and a photometric solution spanning two observing…

Eclipsing binaries in star clusters offer more stringent tests of stellar evolution theory than field binaries because models must not only match the binary properties, but also the radiative properties of all other cluster members at a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-24 Guillermo Torres , Jason L. Curtis , Andrew Vanderburg , Adam L. Kraus , Aaron Rizzuto

We present a detailed study of the G0V detached eclipsing binary EW Ori, based on new photometric and spectroscopic observations. Masses and radii that are precise to 0.9% and 0.5%, respectively, have been established for both components.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 J. V. Clausen , H. Bruntt , E. H. Olsen , B. E. Helt , A. Claret