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Binary systems anchor many of the fundamental relations relied upon in asteroseismology. Masses and radii are rarely constrained better than when measured via orbital dynamics and eclipse depths. Pulsating binaries have much to offer. They…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-09 Simon J. Murphy

Asteroseismology has become an indispensable method for measuring stellar ages and radii, while binary systems remain the most prevalent tool for determining stellar masses. The synergy of the two, namely pulsating stars in binary systems,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-12 Simon J. Murphy

Eclipsing binary stars have long served as benchmark systems to measure fundamental stellar properties. In the past few decades, asteroseismology - the study of stellar pulsations - has emerged as a new powerful tool to study the structure…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-15 Daniel Huber

The study of eclipsing binaries is our primary source of measured properties of normal stars, achieved through analysis of light and radial velocity curves of eclipsing systems. The study of oscillations and pulsations is increasingly vital…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-14 John Southworth

Pulsations and binarity are both common features of massive stars. The study of pulsating massive stars in eclipsing binary systems hold great potential for constraining stellar structure and evolution theory. However, prior to the all-sky…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-13 John Southworth , Dominic M. Bowman

Space-based photometry has substantially increased the number of pulsating stars found in binary systems by more than four orders of magnitude. Combined with high-resolution spectroscopy, high-precision photometry offers model-independent…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-18 Ema Šipková , Alex Kemp , Dario Fritzewski , Andrew Tkachenko , Dominic M. Bowman , Conny Aerts , Jasmine Vrancken

Eclipsing binary systems with pulsating components offer a unique possibility to accurately measure the most important parameters of pulsating stars, to study their evolution, and to test the pulsation theory. I will show what we can learn…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-04 Bogumił Pilecki

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

The disciplines of asteroseismology and extrasolar planet science overlap methodically in the branch of high-precision photometric time series observations. Light curves are, amongst others, useful to measure intrinsic stellar variability…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-20 Sonja Schuh

The interior physics of stars is currently not well constrained for early-type stars. This is particularly pertinent for multiple systems as binary interaction becomes more prevalent for more massive stars, which strongly affects their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-02 Dominic M. Bowman , Cole Johnston , Andrew Tkachenko , David E. Mkrtichian , Khemsinan Gunsriwiwat , Conny Aerts

During the last few decades, great effort has been made towards understanding hydrodynamical processes which determine the structure and evolution of stars. Up to now, the most stringent constraints have been provided by helioseismology and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Jadwiga Daszynska-Daszkiewicz

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

Red-giant stars are proving to be an incredible source of information for testing models of stellar evolution, as asteroseismology has opened up a window into their interiors. Such insights are a direct result of the unprecedented data from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-15 Patrick Gaulme

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

After a brief introduction into the asteroseismic modelling of stars, we provide a compilation of the current seismic estimates of the core overshooting parameter and of the rotational frequency of single and binary massive stars. These…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-05 Conny Aerts

Eclipses and pulsations are the two primary ways in which the physical properties of stars can be deduced and used to improve our understanding of stellar theory. An obvious idea is to combine these two analyses into the study of pulsating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-29 John Southworth

Eclipsing systems are essential objects for understanding the properties of stars and stellar systems. Eclipsing systems with pulsating components are furthermore advantageous because they provide accurate constraints on the component…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-11 Patricia Lampens

In this review paper, we summarise the goals of asteroseismic studies of close binary stars. We first briefly recall the basic principles of asteroseismology, and highlight how the binarity of a star can be an asset, but also a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Conny Aerts

Binary stars are pairs of stars that are gravitationally bound, providing in some cases accurate measurements of their masses and radii. As such, they serve as excellent testbeds for the theory of stellar structure and evolution. Moreover,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-21 Pablo Marchant

The fundamental properties of detached eclipsing binary stars can be measured very accurately, which could make them important objects for constraining the treatment of convection in theoretical stellar models. However, only four or five…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 John Southworth , Hans Bruntt
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