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Eclipsing binaries (EBs) play an important astrophysical role in studying stellar properties and evolution. By analyzing photometric data in the LAMOST Medium-Resolution Survey field, RA: $23^h$$01^m$$51.00^s$, Dec:…

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The primary distance indicators are established in our Galaxy and the Local Group. There are at least four different methods which give good distances: methods using proper motions, RR Lyraes, Cepheid variables, and Type II supernovae.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Dragan Huterer , Dimitar D. Sasselov , Paul L. Schechter

We present an application of computer vision methods to classify the light curves of eclipsing binaries (EB). We have used pre-trained models based on convolutional neural networks ($\textit{ResNet50}$) and vision transformers…

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The DIRECT project aims to determine direct distances to two important galaxies in the cosmological distance ladder - M31 and M33 - using detached eclipsing binaries (DEBs) and Cepheids. We present the results of the first large-scale…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 L. M. Macri , K. Z. Stanek , D. D. Sasselov , M. Krockenberger , J. Kaluzny

Observations of the high energy sky, mainly with the INTEGRAL satellite, have raised new questions about the formation and evolution of High Mass X-ray Binaries (HMXBs). The number of detected HMXBs of different types is now high enough to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-02-18 A. Coleiro , S. Chaty

Stellar mass black hole binaries have individual masses between 10-80 solar masses. These systems may emit gravitational waves at frequencies detectable at Megaparsec distances by space-based gravitational wave observatories. In a previous…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-11 Matthew Benacquista , Jesus Hinojosa , Alberto Mata , Krzysztof Belczynski

Aims: Our goal was to increase number of known doubly eclipsing systems such that the resulting dataset would allow to study them via statistical means, as well as prove that they constitute gravitationally bound 2+2 quadruple system.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-17 P. Zasche , D. Vokrouhlicky , M. Wolf , H. Kucakova , J. Kara , R. Uhlar , M. Masek , Z. Henzl , P. Cagas

Exoplanet detection in the past decade by efforts including NASA's Kepler and TESS missions has discovered many worlds that differ substantially from planets in our own Solar System, including more than 150 exoplanets orbiting binary or…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-03 Zhihui Kong , Jonathan H. Jiang , Remo Burn , Kristen A. Fahy , Zonghong Zhu

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

Context. Double eclipsing binaries are gravitationally bound quadruple systems in a 2+2 configuration where both of the binaries are eclipsing. These systems are interesting objects to better understand stellar formation, to investigate the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-15 T. Vaessen , J. van Roestel

The feasibility of using data from the NASA STEREO mission for variable star and asteroseismology studies has been examined. A data analysis pipeline has been developed that is able to apply selected algorithms to the entire database of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 K. T. Wraight , Glenn J. White , D. Bewsher , A. J. Norton

The DIRECT Project aims to obtain direct distances to two Local Group galaxies, M31 and M33, which occupy a crucial position near the bottom of the cosmological distance ladder. The first step is to search for detached eclipsing binaries…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-07 A. Z. Bonanos , K. Z. Stanek , D. D. Sasselov , B. J. Mochejska , L. M. Macri , J. Kaluzny

The dynamically cold component of the Kuiper Belt is host to a population of very widely separated, near-equal mass binary systems. Such binaries, representing the tail of the separation distribution of the more common, more tightly-bound…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-04 Alex H. Parker

Tidal interactions in close stellar binaries are central to their orbital and rotational evolution, making observational tests of theoretical predictions essential for our understanding of the evolution of these, as well as close…

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

We present the physical parameters of an eclipsing binary system EPIC 211982753 derived through photometric and radial velocity data modeling. We make use of photometric data from NASA's K2 mission, ASAS-SN, and 1.3-m Devasthal Fast Optical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-23 Alaxender Panchal , Yogesh C. Joshi

Achieving maximum scientific results from the overwhelming volume of astronomical data to be acquired over the next few decades will demand novel, fully automatic methods of data analysis. Artificial intelligence approaches hold great…

The couplings between supermassive black-hole binaries and their environments within galactic nuclei have been well studied as part of the search for solutions to the final parsec problem. The scattering of stars by the binary or the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-01-26 S. R. Taylor , E. A. Huerta , J. R. Gair , S. T. McWilliams

We examine the prospects for measurement of the Hubble parameter $H_0$ via observation of the secular parallax of other galaxies due to our own motion relative to the cosmic microwave background rest frame. Peculiar velocities make distance…

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