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We describe an automated method for assigning the most likely physical parameters to the components of an eclipsing binary (EB), using only its photometric light curve and combined color. In traditional methods (e.g. WD and EBOP) one…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Jonathan Devor , David Charbonneau

We present an extension of the BEER model for eccentric binaries - eBEER, approximating the BEaming, Ellipsoidal and Reflection effects by harmonic series of the Keplerian elements of their orbit. As such, it can be a tool for fast…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-12 M. Engel , S. Faigler , S. Shahaf , T. Mazeh

This paper pioneers the use of neural networks to provide a fast and automatic way to classify lightcurves in massive photometric datasets. As an example, we provide a working neural network that can distinguish microlensing lightcurves…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Vasily Belokurov , N. Wyn Evans , Yann Le Du

The transit method allows the detection and characterization of planetary systems by analyzing stellar light curves. Convolutional neural networks appear to offer a viable solution for automating these analyses. In this research, two 1D…

Binaries play key roles in determining stellar parameters and exploring stellar evolution models. We build a catalog of 88 eclipsing binaries with spectroscopic information, taking advantage of observations from both the Large Sky Area…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-19 Fan Yang , Richard J. Long , Su-Su Shan , Bo Zhang , Rui Guo , Yu Bai , ZhongRui Bai , KaiMing Cui , Song Wang , Ji-Feng Liu

Detached eclipsing binaries are a fundamental tool for measuring the physical parameters of stars that are effectively evolving in isolation. Starting from more than 40,000 eclipsing binary candidates identified by the All-Sky Automated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 D. M. Rowan , T. Jayasinghe , K. Z. Stanek , C. S. Kochanek , Todd A. Thompson , B. J. Shappee , T. W. -S. Holoien , J. L. Prieto , W. Giles

We describe an automated method for assigning the most probable physical parameters to the components of an eclipsing binary, using only its photometric light curve and combined colors. With traditional methods, one attempts to optimize a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jonathan Devor , David Charbonneau

Twenty-one eclipsing binaries were selected for an analysis from a huge database of observations made by the INTEGRAL/OMC camera. The photometric data were processed and analyzed, resulting in a first light-curve study of these neglected…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-15 P. Zasche

With the advent of large-scale photometric surveys of the sky, modern science witnesses the dawn of big data astronomy, where automatic handling and discovery are paramount. In this context, classification tasks are among the key…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-03 I. V. Daza-Perilla , L. V. Gramajo , M. Lares , T. Palma , C. E. Ferreira Lopes , D. Minniti , J. J. Clariá

Aims. We aim to find more eclipsing multiple systems and obtain their parameters, thus increasing our understanding of multiple systems. Methods. The extraneous eclipses on the \textit{kepler} binary light curves indicating extraneous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-28 J. Zhang , S. B. Qian , S. M. Wang , L. L. Sun , Y. Wu , L. Q. Jiang

Close binary stars are binary stars where the component stars are close enough such that they can exchange mass and/or energy. They are subdivided into semi-detached, overcontact or ellipsoidal binary stars. A challenging problem in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Sandip V. George , R. Misra , G. Ambika

We present a probabilistic generative approach for constructing topographic maps of light curves from eclipsing binary stars. The model defines a low-dimensional manifold of local noise models induced by a smooth non-linear mapping from a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-23 Nikolaos Gianniotis , Peter Tino , Steve Spreckley , Somak Raychaudhury

The advent of large scale multi-epoch surveys raises the need for automated light curve (LC) processing. This is particularly true for eclipsing binaries (EBs), which form one of the most populated types of variable objects. The Gaia…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-25 N. Mowlavi , I. Lecoeur-Taïbi , B. Holl , L. Rimoldini , F. Barblan , A. Prsa , A. Kochoska , M. Süveges , L. Eyer , K. Nienartowicz , G. Jevardat , J. Charnas , L. Guy , M. Audard

This study presents a multi-task machine learning framework for simultaneous morphology classification and physical parameter estimation of eclipsing binaries using photometric light curves. We train Random Forest and XGBoost ensemble…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-22 Burak Ulaş

Detached eclipsing binaries are the primary tool used to measure precise masses and radii of stars. In our previous paper estimating the parameters of more than 30,000 detached eclipsing binaries, we identified 766 eclipsing binaries with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-25 D. M. Rowan , T. Jayasinghe , K. Z. Stanek , C. S. Kochanek , Todd A. Thompson , B. J. Shappee , T. W. -S. Holoien , J. L. Prieto , W. Giles

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

The transit method is one of the most relevant exoplanet detection techniques, which consists of detecting periodic eclipses in the light curves of stars. This is not always easy due to the presence of noise in the light curves, which is…

Eclipsing binary systems (EBs), as foundational objects in stellar astrophysics, have garnered significant attention in recent years. These systems exhibit periodic decreases in light intensity when one star obscures the other from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-23 Ying Shan , Jing Chen , Zichong Zhang , Liang Wang , Zhiqiang Zou , Min Li

In this paper, we revisit the problem of clustering 1318 new variable stars found in the Milky way. Our recent work distinguishes these stars based on their light curves which are univariate series of brightness from the stars observed at…

Applications · Statistics 2022-02-23 Soumita Modak , Tanuka Chattopadhyay , Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay

Large repositories of high precision light curve data, such as the Kepler data set, provide the opportunity to identify astrophysically important eclipsing binary (EB) systems in large quantities. However, the rate of classical "by eye"…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-21 Mahmoud Parvizi , Martin Paegert , Keivan G. Stassun