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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 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

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

Using BRITE photometric data for several close binary systems we address the problem of damping pulsations in close binary systems due to proximity effects. Because of small number statistics, no firm conclusion is given, but we find…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-29 A. Pigulski , M. Jerzykiewicz , M. Ratajczak , G. Michalska , E. Zahajkiewicz

Close, compact, hierarchical, multiple stellar systems, i.e., multiples having an outer orbital period from months to a few years, comprise a small, but continuously growing group of the triple and multiple star zoo. Many of them consist of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Tamás Borkovits

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

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 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

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

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

In eclipsing binaries the stellar rotation of the two components will cause a rotational Doppler beaming during eclipse ingress and egress when only part of the eclipsed component is covered. For eclipsing binaries with fast spinning…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Paul J. Groot

Pulsating detached eclipsing binary systems are crucial for studying the internal structure of oscillating stars. These systems are advantageous because binary effects on pulsations are minimal, allowing for more accurate determinations of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-21 Filiz Kahraman Aliçavuş , Fahri Aliçavuş , Zeynep Çelik Orhan , Eda Çelik , Giovanni Catanzaro , Marina Giarrusso

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

High-precision and long-duration light curves from space telescopes have revolutionized the fields of asteroseismology and binary star systems. In particular, the number of pulsating systems in eclipsing binaries has drastically increased…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-11 John Southworth , Dominic Bowman

We analyze the observed distribution of the orbital eccentricity and period of binary radio pulsars in globular clusters using computational tools to simulate binary-single star interactions. Globular clusters have different groups of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Manjari Bagchi , Alak Ray

The tidally tilted pulsators are a new type of oscillating star in close binary systems that have their pulsation axis in the orbital plane because of the tidal distortion caused by their companion. We describe this group of stars on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-19 Gerald Handler , Rahul Jayaraman , Donald W. Kurtz , Jim Fuller , Saul A. Rappaport

We present some results of long term studies of pulsating stars conducted in the course of the OGLE and Araucaria projects. In particular very scarce eclipsing binaries containing pulsating stars are discussed. Such systems provide a unique…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Grzegorz Pietrzynski

A number of efforts are underway to detect close binary stars in planetary nebulae. The primary goal of these studies is to determine the binary fraction of central stars. The next stage is a detailed analysis of the binaries to determine…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-08 Todd C. Hillwig

The complexity of composite spectra of close binary star system makes study of the spectra of their component stars extremely difficult. For this reason there exists very little information on the photospheric chemical composition of stars…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-05 K. Pavlovski , J. Southworth

We present an up-to-date catalog of pulsating binaries, i.e. the binary and multiple stellar systems containing pulsating components, along with a statistics on them. Compared to the earlier compilation by Soydugan et al.(2006a) of 25 delta…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-10 A. -Y. Zhou
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