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Two newly identified eclipsing binaries in open cluster NGC 3532

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2021-11-17 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

We present light curve analyses of two newly identified detached eclipsing binaries, HD 96609 and HD 303734, in the region of the richly populated open cluster NGC 3532. HD 96609 is composed of two main sequence stars (B9-A0V + A2V) with masses and radii of M1=2.66±0.02M_{1}=2.66\pm0.02MM_{\odot}, M2=1.84±0.01M_{2}=1.84\pm0.01MM_{\odot}, R1=2.740±0.006R_{1}=2.740\pm0.006RR_{\odot}, R2=1.697±0.005R_{2}=1.697\pm0.005RR_{\odot}. The positions of the components on log Mlog Rlog~M-log~R plane suggests log(age/yr) 8.55, corresponding 350±40350\pm40 Myr of age, which agrees with the 300±100300\pm100 Myr age of NGC 3532 estimated in previous studies. We find the distance of HD 96609 as 460±17460\pm17 pc, which is consistent with the 48430+35484^{+35}_{-30} pc distance of NGC 3532, estimated from GAIA parallaxes. HD 303734 is an interesting totally eclipsing binary with a quite shallow secondary eclipse. Using photometric properties of the system in conjunction with theoretical calibrations, we estimate that HD 303734 consists of A6V + K3V components. HD 96609 and HD 303734 are the second and third eclipsing binaries discovered in the region of NGC 3532, after the first one, GV Car.

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@article{arxiv.2110.13093,
  title  = {Two newly identified eclipsing binaries in open cluster NGC 3532},
  author = {Orkun Özdarcan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.13093},
  year   = {2021}
}

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7 pages, 7 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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