- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/157/171
- Title:
- Visual analysis and demographics of Kepler TTVs
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/157/171
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We visually analyzed the transit timing variation (TTV) data of 5930 Kepler Objects of Interest (KOIs) homogeneously. Using data from Rowe et al. (2014, J/ApJ/784/45) and Holczer et al. (2015, J/ApJ/807/170; 2016, J/ApJS/225/9), we investigated TTVs for nearly all KOIs in Kepler's Data Release 24 catalog. Using TTV plots, periodograms, and phase-folded quadratic plus sinusoid fits, we visually rated each KOI's TTV data in five categories. Our ratings emphasize the hundreds of planets with TTVs that are weaker than the ~200 that have been studied in detail. Our findings are consistent with statistical methods for identifying strong TTVs, though we found some additional systems worth investigation. Between about 3-50 days and 1.3-6 Earth radii, the frequency of strong TTVs increases with period and radius. As expected, strong TTVs are very common when period ratios are near a resonance, but there is not a one-to-one correspondence. The observed planet-by-planet frequency of strong TTVs is only somewhat lower in systems with one or two known planets (7%+/-1%) than in systems with three or more known planets (11%+/-2%). We attribute TTVs to known planets in multitransiting systems but find ~30 cases where the perturbing planet is unknown. Our conclusions are valuable as an ensemble for learning about planetary system architectures and individually as stepping stones toward more-detailed mass-radius constraints. We also discuss Data Release 25 TTVs, investigate ~100 KOIs with transit duration and/or depth variations, and estimate that the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite will likely find only ~10 planets with strong TTVs.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/147/42
- Title:
- V light curves of EP Cep, ES Cep, and V369 Cep
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/147/42
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- NGC 188 is a good laboratory for studying the formation and evolution of W UMa type contact binaries due to its rich populations of them. We present a detailed photometric study of three short-period close binaries, EP Cep, ES Cep, and V369 Cep, in the old open cluster NGC 188 based on our two-set photometric observations. We discovered that both EP Cep and ES Cep are shallow-contact binaries with continuously decreasing periods. The difference is in their mass ratios. EP Cep has an extremely low-mass ratio, q=0.15, while ES Cep has a relatively high-mass ratio, q=0.69, indicating that they lie in different evolutionary stages. ES Cep is likely a newly formed contact binary via a Case A mass transfer, while EP Cep is an evolved system and may be on the oscillations caused by the combined effect of the thermal relaxation oscillation and the variable angular momentum loss. For another system, V369 Cep, we found that it is a primary-filling near-contact binary. Both the semidetached configuration and the continuous decrease in the orbital period indicate that it is undergoing a mass transfer from the primary component to the secondary one. This conclusion is in agreement with the excess luminosity seen in the light curves on the ingress of the secondary minimum produced by the impact of the mass transfer. All of the results suggest that V369 Cep is evolving into contact, and a shallow-contact high-mass ratio system similar to ES Cep will be formed. Then, it will evolve into a low-mass ratio contact binary just like EP Cep, and finally merge into a rapidly rotating single star.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/156/220
- Title:
- V, R and I light curves of 4 new low-mass M-type EBs
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/156/220
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We performed multicolor photometric and spectroscopic observations of four new low-mass M-type eclipsing binaries (HAT 225-03429, CRTS J085623.0+282620, CRTS J110302.4+201611, 2MASS J16344899+3716423) in 2017. We obtained new VRI light curves and minimum times of these four systems. Based on our minimum times, we updated the orbital periods and the linear ephemerides using the least squares method. We analyzed these four systems using the Wilson-Devinney program, and obtained the orbital and starspot parameters. The results of our analysis of the light curves indicate that HAT 225-03429 and CRTS J085623.0+282620 are detached eclipsing binaries, CRTS J110302.4+201611 is a semi-detached eclipsing binary, and 2MASS J16344899+3716423 is a contact binary. We performed LAMOST spectroscopic studies of chromospheric activity indicators (H{alpha}, H{beta}, H{gamma}, H{delta}, and Ca II H&K lines) for these four systems for the first time. We first determined their spectral types and calculated the equivalent widths of their chromospheric active indicators. These indicators show that the four low-mass M-type eclipsing binaries are active. Furthermore, the radii of these stars are notably larger than model predictions for their masses, except for the secondary component of HAT 225-03429 and the primary component of CRTS J110302.4+201611.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/442/2620
- Title:
- VRI light curve of 5 eclipsing binaries
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/442/2620
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report 15 new VRI light curves of five low-mass eclipsing binaries (NSVS 02502726, NSVS 07453183, NSVS 11868841, NSVS 06550671 and NSVS 10653195) that were observed between 2010 and 2012. We analysed our new data together with three published spectroscopic observations and seven published light curves using a modified version of the Wilson-Devinney program. Orbital solutions of the five low-mass eclipsing binaries were revised and new star-spot parameters were obtained. We found that spot locations on the five low-mass eclipsing binaries changed over several years. However, the star-spots for NSVS 07453183 and NSVS 06550671 were stable for several months. More interestingly, for NSVS 02502726, the spots within a star-spot longitude region of 180{deg}-360{deg} indicated a magnetic activity cycle of 5.9(+/-0.2)yr. Moreover, we detected the first flare-like event on NSVS 07453183 at phase 0.39. The observations of the chromospheric activity indicators (H{beta} and H{gamma} lines) revealed that NSVS 10653195 and NSVS 06550671 were active. For NSVS 02502726, we found a weak continuous secular decrease at a smaller rate of dp/dt=-2.1(0.8)x10^-7^d/yr than the previous result. For NSVS 07453183, the O-C times appeared to increase at cycle 6000, and this was followed by a decrease at cycle 6500.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/152/57
- Title:
- VRI light curves of four contact binaries
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/152/57
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new, high-quality multicolor observations of four recently discovered contact binaries, 1SWASP J064501.21+342154.9, 1SWASP J155822.10-025604.8, 1SWASP J212808.86+151622.0, and UCAC4 436-062932, and analyze their light curves to determine orbital and physical parameters using the modeling program of G. Djurasevic. In the absence of spectroscopic observations, the effective temperatures of the brighter components are estimated from the color indices, and the mass ratios are determined with the q-search method. The analysis shows that all four systems are W UMa type binaries in shallow contact configurations, consisting of late-type main-sequence primaries and evolved secondaries with active surface regions (dark or bright spots) resulting from magnetic activity or ongoing transfer of thermal energy between the components. We compare the derived orbital and stellar parameters for these four variables with a large sample of previously analyzed W UMa stars and find that our results fit it well.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/473/3241
- Title:
- White dwarfs in SDSS Stripe 82
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/473/3241
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Binary evolution theory predicts that accreting white dwarfs with substellar companions dominate the Galactic population of cataclysmic variables (CVs). In order to test these predictions, it is necessary to identify these systems, which may be difficult if the signatures of accretion become too weak to be detected. The only chance to identify such 'dead' CVs is by exploiting their close binary nature. We have therefore searched the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Stripe 82 area for apparently isolated white dwarfs that undergo eclipses by a dark companion. We found no such eclipses in either the SDSS or Palomar Transient Factory data sets among our sample of 2264 photometrically selected white dwarf candidates within Stripe 82. This null result allows us to set a firm upper limit on the space density, {rho}0, of dead CVs. In order to determine this limit, we have used Monte Carlo simulations to fold our selection criteria through a simple model of the Galactic CV distribution. Assuming a T_WD_=7500K, the resulting 2{sigma} limit on the space density of dead CVs is {rho}0<~2x10^-5^pc^-3^, where TWD is the typical effective temperature of the white dwarf in such systems.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/224/37
- Title:
- White-light flares on close binaries from Kepler
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/224/37
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Based on Kepler data, we present the results of a search for white light flares on 1049 close binaries. We identify 234 flare binaries, of which 6818 flares are detected. We compare the flare-binary fraction in different binary morphologies ("detachedness"). The result shows that the fractions in over-contact and ellipsoidal binaries are approximately 10%-20% lower than those in detached and semi-detached systems. We calculate the binary flare activity level (AL) of all the flare binaries, and discuss its variations along the orbital period (P_orb_) and rotation period (P_rot_, calculated for only detached binaries). We find that the AL increases with decreasing P_orb_ or P_rot_, up to the critical values at P_orb_~3 days or P_rot_~1.5 days, and thereafter the AL starts decreasing no matter how fast the stars rotate. We examine the flaring rate as a function of orbital phase in two eclipsing binaries on which a large number of flares are detected. It appears that there is no correlation between flaring rate and orbital phase in these two binaries. In contrast, when we examine the function with 203 flares on 20 non-eclipse ellipsoidal binaries, bimodal distribution of amplitude-weighted flare numbers shows up at orbital phases 0.25 and 0.75. Such variation could be larger than what is expected from the cross section modification.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/237/28
- Title:
- WISE catalog of periodic variable stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/237/28
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have compiled the first all-sky mid-infrared variable-star catalog based on Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer five-year survey data. Requiring more than 100 detections for a given object, 50282 carefully and robustly selected periodic variables are discovered, of which 34769 (69%) are new. Most are located in the Galactic plane and near the equatorial poles. A method to classify variables based on their mid-infrared light curves is established using known variable types in the General Catalog of Variable Stars. Careful classification of the new variables results in a tally of 21427 new EW-type eclipsing binaries, 5654 EA-type eclipsing binaries, 1312 Cepheids, and 1231 RR Lyrae. By comparison with known variables available in the literature, we estimate that the misclassification rate is 5% and 10% for short- and long- period variables, respectively. A detailed comparison of the types, periods, and amplitudes with variables in the Catalina catalog shows that the independently obtained classifications parameters are in excellent agreement. This enlarged sample of variable stars will not only be helpful to study Galactic structure and extinction properties, but can also be used to constrain stellar evolution theory and provide potential candidates for the James Webb Space Telescope.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/437/185
- Title:
- W UMa-type contact binaries ages and masses
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/437/185
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Recently, our understanding of the origin of W UMa-type contact binaries has become clearer. Initial masses of their components were successfully estimated by Yildiz and Dogan using a new method mainly based on observational properties of overluminous secondary components. In this paper, we continue to discuss the results and make computations for age and orbital evolution of these binaries. It is shown that the secondary mass, according to its luminosity, also successfully predicts the observed radius. While the current mass of the primary component is determined by initial masses, the current secondary mass is also a function of initial angular momentum. We develop methods to compute the age of A- and W-subtype W UMa-type contact binaries in terms of initial masses and mass according to the luminosity of the secondaries. Comparisons of our results with the mean ages from kinematic properties of these binaries and data pertaining to contact binaries in open and globular clusters have increased our confidence on this method. The mean ages of both A- and W-subtype contact binaries are found as 4.4 and 4.6Gyr, respectively. From kinematic studies, these ages are given as 4.5 and 4.4Gyr, respectively. We also compute orbital properties of A-subtype contact binaries at the time of the first overflow. Initial angular momentum of these binaries is computed by comparing them with the well-known detached binaries. The angular momentum loss rate derived in the present study for the detached phase is in very good agreement with the semi-empirical rates available in the literature. In addition to the limitations on the initial masses of W UMa-type contact binaries, it is shown that the initial period of these binaries is less than about 4.45d.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/832/121
- Title:
- 4-yr RV survey of red giant in eclipsing binaries
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/832/121
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Given the potential of ensemble asteroseismology for understanding fundamental properties of large numbers of stars, it is critical to determine the accuracy of the scaling relations on which these measurements are based. From several powerful validation techniques, all indications so far show that stellar radius estimates from the asteroseismic scaling relations are accurate to within a few percent. Eclipsing binary systems hosting at least one star with detectable solar-like oscillations constitute the ideal test objects for validating asteroseismic radius and mass inferences. By combining radial velocity (RV) measurements and photometric time series of eclipses, it is possible to determine the masses and radii of each component of a double-lined spectroscopic binary. We report the results of a four-year RV survey performed with the echelle spectrometer of the Astrophysical Research Consortium's 3.5m telescope and the APOGEE spectrometer at Apache Point Observatory. We compare the masses and radii of 10 red giants (RGs) obtained by combining radial velocities and eclipse photometry with the estimates from the asteroseismic scaling relations. We find that the asteroseismic scaling relations overestimate RG radii by about 5% on average and masses by about 15% for stars at various stages of RG evolution. Systematic overestimation of mass leads to underestimation of stellar age, which can have important implications for ensemble asteroseismology used for Galactic studies. As part of a second objective, where asteroseismology is used for understanding binary systems, we confirm that oscillations of RGs in close binaries can be suppressed enough to be undetectable, a hypothesis that was proposed in a previous work.
