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A photometric solution of an A-type W UMa binary, GSC 0763-0572 is examined with a revised orbital period. The overcontact degree is found to be $f$ = 40.66%, with a low mass ratio of $q$ = 0.2554. The result demonstrates an unambiguous…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 W. Kriwattanawong , P. Pooseekheaw

Over forty years of research suggests that the common envelope phase, in which an evolved star engulfs its companion upon expansion, is the critical evolutionary stage forming short-period, compact-object binary systems, such as coalescing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-16 Tassos Fragos , Jeff J. Andrews , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz , Georges Meynet , Vicky Kalogera , Ronald E. Taam , Andreas Zezas

A re-examination of high-resolution spectral monitoring of the W UMa-type binaries AW UMa and Epsilon CrA casts doubt on the widely utilized Lucy (1968a, 1968b) model of contact binaries. The detection of the very faint profile of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-17 Slavek M. Rucinski

Evolutionary calculations for stars in close binary systems are in high demand to obtain better constraints on gravitational wave source progenitors, understand transient events from stellar interactions, and more. Modern one-dimensional…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-26 Ali Pourmand , Natalia Ivanova

Hipparcos photometric data for the massive O-type binary UW CMa were analysed within the framework of the Roche model. Photometric solutions were obtained for five mass ratios in the $q=M_2/M_1=0.5-1.5$ range. The system is found to be in a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 E. A. Antokhina , M. Srinivasa Rao , M. Parthasarathy

We have calculated evolution of neutron star binaries towards the coalescence driven by gravitational radiation. The hydrodynamical effects as well as the general relativistic effects are important in the final phase. All corrections up to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 W. Ogawaguchi , Y. Kojima

The search-volume corrected period distribution of contact binaries of the W UMa type appears to reflect primarily the constant number ratio of ~1/500 to the number of stars along the Main Sequence; there exist no evidence for angular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Slavek M. Rucinski

Double white dwarf (DWD) binaries are natural outcomes of binary stellar evolution and key sources for future space-based gravitational wave (GW) observatories such as Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). We investigate how different…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-24 Sreeta Roy , Surajit Kalita

New relationships between the orbital period and some parameters of W Ursae Majoris (W UMa) type systems are presented in this study. To investigate the relationships, we calculated the absolute parameters of a sample of 118 systems. For…

We present detailed evolutionary simulations of wide binary systems with high-mass ($8-20\,M_{\odot}$) donor stars and a $1.4\,M_{\odot}$ neutron star. Mass transfer in such binaries is dynamically unstable and common envelope (CE)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-06 Yu-Dong Nie , Yong Shao , Jian-Guo He , Ze-Lin Wei , Xiao-Jie Xu , Xiang-Dong Li

In our research, we have studied 6 close binary stellar systems which are eclipsing variables of $\beta$ Lyrae and W Ursae Majoris types of variability. We have studied their O-C curves. To build them, we used moments of minima, listed in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-17 Dmytro E. Tvardovskyi , Vladyslava I. Marsakova , Ivan L. Andronov

Results of numerical simulations of the impact of a common envelope on the matter flow pattern near the outflowing component in a semidetached binary system are presented. Three-dimensional modeling of the matter transfer gas dynamics in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. V. Bisikalo , A. A. Boyarchuk , O. A. Kuznetsov , V. M. Chechetkin

A simultaneous calculation for the shape evolution and the related spectroscopic properties of the low-lying states, and the $\beta$-decay properties in the even- and odd-mass Ge and As nuclei in the mass $A\approx70-80$ region, within the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-04-12 Kosuke Nomura

A sample of contact binaries discovered by the OGLE project in Baade's Window, with orbital periods longer than one day and with available color and light-curve data, has been analyzed. It consists of only 32 systems, in contrast to 388…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Slavek M. Rucinski

We use the binary module of the MESA code to study the evolution of an evolved binary system where we assume that a main sequence companion removes the outskirts of the envelope of an asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star by launching jets,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-23 Abedallah Abu-Backer , Avishai Gilkis , Noam Soker

In this article, we focus on the effects of mass transfer between binary stars and stellar spin on the post-Newtonian (PN) orbital evolution and gravitational waveforms of compact binary systems. We employ the 2.5PN approximation and the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-24 Yifan He , Jie Yang

Previous work has shown that the tidal interaction between a binary system and a circumbinary disc leads to the formation of a large inner cavity in the disc. Subsequent formation and inward migration of a low mass planet causes it to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Arnaud Pierens , Richard P. Nelson

The lower limit of the mass ratio in contact binaries remains uncertain, with observations suggesting systems exist below theoretical predictions. The stability of such very low mass ratio systems is still debated. Based on our review of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-05 Atila Poro , Ehsan Paki , Fahri Alicavus , Raul Michel

Double-lined eclipsing binaries allow accurate and direct determination of fundamental parameters such as mass and radius for each component, and they provide important constraints on the stellar structure and evolution models. In this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-14 Jang-Ho Park , Kyeongsoo Hong , Jae-Rim Koo , Jae Woo Lee , Chun-Hwey Kim

Three-dimensional simulations usually fail to cover the entire dynamical common-envelope phase of gravitational wave progenitor systems due to the vast range of spatial and temporal scales involved. We investigated the common-envelope…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-14 M. Vetter , F. K. Roepke , F. R. N. Schneider , R. Pakmor , S. T. Ohlmann , M. Y. M. Lau , R. Andrassy