- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/872/85
- Title:
- Detached eclipsing binaries with Gaia parallaxes
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/872/85
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using a sample of 81 Galactic, detached eclipsing binary stars we investigated the global zero-point shift of their parallaxes with the Gaia Data Release 2 (DR2) parallaxes. The stars in the sample lay in a distance range of 0.04-2kpc from the Sun. The photometric parallaxes {omega}_Phot_ of the eclipsing binaries were determined by applying a number of empirical surface brightness-color (SBC) relations calibrated on optical-infrared colors. For each SBC relation we calculated the individual differences d{varpi}_i_=({varpi}_Gaia_-{varpi}_Phot_)_i_ and then we calculated unweighted and weighted means. As the sample covers the whole sky we interpret the weighted means as the global shifts of the Gaia DR2 parallaxes with respect to our eclipsing binary sample. Depending on the choice of the SBC relation the shifts vary from -0.094 to -0.025mas. The weighted mean of the zero-point shift from all colors and calibrations used is d{omega}=-0.054+/-0.024mas. However, the SBC relations based on (B-K) and (V-K) colors, which are the least reddening dependent and have the lowest intrinsic dispersions, give a zero-point shift of d{omega}=-0.031+/-0.011mas in full agreement with results obtained by Lindegren+ (2018A&A...616A...2L) and Arenou+ (2018A&A...616A..17A). Our result confirms the global shift of Gaia DR2 parallaxes of d{omega}=-0.029mas reported by the Gaia team, but we do not confirm the larger zero-point shift reported by a number of follow-up papers.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/190/77
- Title:
- Detailed analysis of cool WDs in the SDSS
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/190/77
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present optical spectroscopy and near-infrared photometry of 126 cool white dwarfs (WDs) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS DR3). Our sample includes high proper motion targets selected using the SDSS and USNO-B astrometry and a dozen previously known ultracool WD candidates. Our optical spectroscopic observations demonstrate that a clean selection of large samples of cool WDs in the SDSS (and the SkyMapper, Pan-STARRS, and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope data sets) is possible using a reduced proper motion diagram and a tangential velocity cut-off (depending on the proper motion accuracy) of 30km/s. Our near-infrared observations reveal eight new stars with significant absorption. We use the optical and near-infrared photometry to perform a detailed model atmosphere analysis. More than 80% of the stars in our sample are consistent with either pure hydrogen or pure helium atmospheres. However, the eight stars with significant infrared absorption and the majority of the previously known ultracool WD candidates are best explained with mixed hydrogen and helium atmosphere models. The age distribution of our sample is consistent with a Galactic disk age of 8Gyr. A few ultracool WDs may be as old as 12-13Gyr, but our models have problems matching the spectral energy distributions of these objects. There are only two halo WD candidates in our sample. However, trigonometric parallax observations are required for accurate mass and age determinations and to confirm their membership in the halo.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/372/85
- Title:
- Detected sources at 12{mu}m in 47 Tuc
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/372/85
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The present paper investigates the properties of the dust mass loss in stars populating the giant branch of the globular cluster 47 Tuc, by combining ISOCAM and DENIS data. Raster maps of 5 fields covering areas ranging from 4x4 to 15x15arcmin^2^ at different distances from the center of the cluster have been obtained with ISOCAM at 11.5{mu}m (LW10 filter). The covered fields include most of the red variables known in this cluster. A detection threshold of about 0.2 mJy is achieved, allowing us to detect giant stars at 11.5{mu}m all the way down to the horizontal branch. No dust-enshrouded asymptotic giant branch stars have been found in the observed fields, contrary to the situation encountered in LMC/SMC globular clusters with larger turnoff masses. The color index [12]-[2] (based on the ISO 11.5{mu}m flux and on the DENIS K_S_ magnitude) is used as a diagnostic of dust emission (and hence dust mass loss). Its evolution with luminosity along the giant branch reveals that dust mass loss is only present in V3 (the only cluster Mira variable observed in the present study) and in V18, a star presenting intermittent variability. This conclusion confirms the importance of stellar pulsations in the dust formation and ensuing mass loss.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/353/601
- Title:
- 2dF survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/353/601
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a catalogue of new spectral types for hot, luminous stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The catalogue contains 4161 objects, giving an order of magnitude increase in the number of SMC stars with published spectroscopic classifications. The targets are primarily B- and A-type stars (2862 and 853 objects respectively), with 1 Wolf-Rayet, 139 O-type, and 306 FG stars, sampling the main sequence to ~mid-B. The selection and classification criteria are described, and objects of particular interest are discussed, including UV-selected targets from the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) experiment, Be and B[e] stars, `anomalous A supergiants', and composite-spectrum systems. We examine the incidence of Balmer-line emission, and the relationship between H-gamma equivalent width and absolute magnitude for BA stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/620/961
- Title:
- Diameters of Mira stars in JHK' bands
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/620/961
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first spatially resolved observations of a sample of 23 Mira stars simultaneously measured in the near-infrared J, H, and K' bands. The technique used was optical long-baseline interferometry, and we present for each star visibility amplitude measurements as a function of wavelength. We also present characteristic sizes at each spectral band, obtained by fitting the measured visibilities to a simple uniform disk model. This approach reveals the general relation J diameter < H diameter < K' diameter.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/145/39
- Title:
- Differential BV(RI)c light curves of PY Vir
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/145/39
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Complete CCD photometric light curves in BV(RI)_c_ bands obtained in 2012 for the short-period close binary system PY Virginis are presented. A new photometric analysis with the Wilson-Van Hamme code shows that PY Vir is an A-type marginal contact binary system. The absolute parameters of PY Vir are derived using spectroscopic and photometric solutions. Combining new determined times of minimum light with others published in the literature, the O-C diagram of the binary star is investigated. A periodic variation, with a period of 5.22(+/-0.05)years and an amplitude of 0.0075(+/-0.0004)days, was discovered. Since the spectrum of a third component has been detected by Rucinski et al. (2008, cat. J/AJ/136/586), we consider this cyclic period oscillation to be the result of the light-time effect due to the presence of a third body. This third component may also be a binary itself. Therefore, PY Vir should be a quadruple system composed of two cool-type binary systems. This system is a good astrophysical laboratory to study the formation and evolution of close binaries and multiple systems.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/147/50
- Title:
- Differential BVRI light curves of DV Psc
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/147/50
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present six new BVR_c_I_c_ CCD light curves of a short-period RS CVn binary DV Psc obtained in 2010-2012. The light curve distortions change on both short and long timescales, which is explained by two starspots on the primary component. Moreover, five new flare events were detected and the flare ratio of DV Psc is about 0.082 flares per hour. There is a possible relation between the phases (longitude) of the flares and starspots for all of the available data of late-type binaries, which implies a correlation of the stellar activity of the spots and flares. The cyclic oscillation, with a period of 4.9+/-0.4yr, may result from the magnetic activity cycle, identified by the variability of Max.I-Max.II. Until now, there were no spectroscopic studies of chromospheric activity indicators of the H_{beta}_and H_{gamma}_lines for DV Psc. Our observations of these indicators show that DV Psc is active, with excess emissions. The updated O-C diagram with an observing time span of about 15yr shows an upward parabola, which indicates a secular increase in the orbital period of DV Psc. The orbital period secularly increases at a rate of dP/dt=2.0x10^-7^days/yr, which might be explained by the angular momentum exchanges or mass transfer from the secondary to primary component.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/146/79
- Title:
- Differential BVRI light curves of EP And
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/146/79
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- New multi-color CCD photometric light curves of the eclipsing binary EP And were obtained over six nights in 2006, 2011, and 2012. Using the Wilson-Devinney code, we computed the photometric elements of this system. It was discovered that EP And is a W-type W UMa contact binary system with a mass ratio of q=2.685 and a degree of contact factor f=24.9%, rather than an A-type system. Combining 28 newly determined times of minimum light derived from 1999 to 2012 with others collected from the literature, a long-term increase (dP/dt=+5.22x10^-8^days/yr) with a sinusoidal variation (A=0.0109days; T=40.89yr) in the orbital period was found. The orbital period secular increases may be interpreted as conservative mass transfer from the less massive component to the more massive one, and cyclic variations of the orbital period may be caused by the light-travel time effect through the presence of a third body. The evolutionary status and the age of the system are also discussed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/145/16
- Title:
- Differential BVRI light curves of NSVS 02502726
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/145/16
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- NSVS 02502726 has been known as a double-lined, detached eclipsing binary that consists of two low-mass stars. We obtained BVRI photometric follow-up observations in 2009 and 2011 to measure improved physical properties of the binary star. Each set of light curves, including the 2008 data given by Cakirli et al., was simultaneously analyzed with the previously published radial velocity curves using the Wilson-Devinney binary code. The conspicuous seasonal light variations of the system are satisfactorily modeled by a two-spot model with one starspot on each component and by changes of the spot parameters with time. Based on 23 eclipse timings calculated from the synthetic model and one ephemeris epoch, an orbital period study of NSVS 02502726 reveals that the period has experienced a continuous decrease of -5.9x10^-7^day/yr or a sinusoidal variation with a period and semi-amplitude of 2.51yr and 0.0011days, respectively. The timing variations could be interpreted as either the light-travel-time effect due to the presence of an unseen third body, or as the combination of this effect and angular momentum loss via magnetic stellar wind braking. Individual masses and radii of both components are determined to be M_1_=0.689+/-0.016M_{sun}_, M_2_=0.341+/-0.009M_{sun}_, R_1_=0.707+/-0.007R_{sun}_, and R_2_=0.657+/-0.008R_{sun}_. The results are very different from those of Cakirli et al. with the primary's radius (0.674+/-0.006R_{sun}_) smaller the secondary's (0.763+/-0.007R_{sun}_). We compared the physical parameters presented in this paper with current low-mass stellar models and found that the measured values of the primary star are best fitted to a 79Myr isochrone. The primary is in good agreement with the empirical mass-radius relation from low-mass binaries, but the secondary is oversized by about 85%.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/146/157
- Title:
- Differential BVRI photometry of FI Boo
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/146/157
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a detailed analysis of the interesting W UMa binary FI Boo in view of the spectroscopic signature of a third body through photometry, period variation, and a thorough investigation of solution uniqueness. We obtained new BVR_c_I_c_ photometric data that, when combined with spectroscopic data, enable us to analyze the system FI Boo and determine its basic orbital and physical properties through PHOEBE, as well as the period variation by studying the times of the minima. This combined approach allows us to study the long-term period changes in the system for the first time in order to investigate the presence of a third body and to check extensively the solution uniqueness and the uncertainties of derived parameters. Our modeling indicates that FI Boo is a W-type moderate (f=50.15%+/-8.10%) overcontact binary with component masses of M_h_=0.40+/-0.05M_{sun}_ and M_c_=1.07+/-0.05M_{sun}_, temperatures of T_h_=5746+/-33K and T_c_=5420+/-56K, and a third body, which may play an important role in the formation and evolution. The results were tested by heuristic scanning and parameter kicking to provide the consistent and reliable set of parameters that was used to obtain the initial masses of the progenitors (1.71+/-0.10M_{sun}_ and 0.63+/-0.01M_{sun}_, respectively). We also investigated the evolutionary status of massive components with several sets of widely used isochrones.
