Evolution in semi-detached binary systems

The evolutionary process of semi-detached binary systems is examined on the basis of non-conservation of orbital angular momentum. We conclude that the semi-detached binary systems follow Type B evolution.     

The semi-detached binary system IU Per and its intrinsic oscillation

We present a long-term time-resolved photometry of the short-period eclipsing binary IU Per. It confirms the intrinsic δ Scuti-like pulsation of the system reported by Kim et al.. With the obtained data, an orbital period study and an eclipsing light curve synthesis based on the Wilson-Devinney method were carried out. The photometric so- lution reveals a semi-detached configuration with the less-massive component filling its own Roche-lobe. By subtracting the eclipsing light changes from the data, we obtained the pure pulsating light curve of the mass-accreting primary component. A Fourier anal- ysis reveals four pulsation modes with confidence larger than 99%. A mode identification based on the results of the photometric solution was made. It suggests that the star may be in radial pulsation with a fundamental period of about 0.0628 d. A brief discussion concerning the evolutionary status and the pulsation nature is finally given.     

The overcontact binary RZ Tauri

The first reliable radial velocity curves for RZ Tau have been obtained. Combined with new light curve (LC) data, simultaneous Roche-based light curve analyses have been carried out using the 2003 version of the Wilson-Devinney code. New values for the masses and radii have been obtained: M₁ = 1.53 (4) M_ʘ, M₂ = 0.57 (2) M_ʘ, and R₁ = 1.50 (4) R_ʘ, R₂ = 0.99 (2) R_ʘ. Although there is a multitude of spectral classifications listed in the literature, the classification of F0 from Struve et al. (1950) is shown to be the most reliable. On the basis of the latter, the most likely luminosities are L₁ = 4.97 (44) L_ʘ and L₂ = 2.11 (19) L_ʘ. Additional modelling was carried out using the same RV data, but with LC data (binned and unbinned) from Binnendijk (1963); the results were substantially the same except that they favoured slightly later spectral sub-classes.     

The near-contact binary star RZ Dra revisited

This paper presents the absolute parameters of RZ Dra. New CCD observations were made at the Mt. Suhora Observatory in 2007. Two photometric data sets (1990 BV and 2007 BVRI) were analysed using modern light-curve synthesis methods. Large asymmetries in the light curves may be explained in terms of a dark starspot on the primary component, an A6 type star. Due to this magnetic activity, the primary component would appear to belong to the class of Ap-stars and would show small amplitude with δ Scuti-type pulsations. With this in mind, a time-series analysis of the residual light curves was made. However, we found no evidence of pulsation behaviour in RZ Dra. Combining the solutions of our light curves and Rucinski et al. (2000)’s radial velocity curves, the following absolute parameters of the components were determined: M₁ = 1.63 ± 0.03 M_⊙, M₂ = 0.70 ± 0.02 M_⊙, R₁ = 1.65 ± 0.02R_⊙, R₂ = 1.15 ± 0.02 R_⊙, L₁ = 9.72 ± 0.30 L_⊙ and L₂ = 0.74 ± 0.10 L_⊙. The distance to RZ Dra was calculated as 400 ± 25 pc, taking into account interstellar extinction. The orbital period of the system was studied using updated O–C information. It was found that the orbital period varied in its long-period sinusoidal form, superimposed on a downward parabola. The parabolic term shows a secular period decrease at a slow rate of 0.06 ± 0.02 s per century and is explained by the mass loss via magnetized wind of the Ap-star primary. The tilted sinusoidal form of the period variation may be considered as an apparent change and may be interpreted in terms of the light-time effect due to the presence of a third body.     

Revised photometric elements of three semi-detached binary systems

TheV andB light curves of three Algol-type eclipsing binaries (UZ Cyg, VW Cyg, AQ Peg), observed by Ammanet al. (1979), have been analysed using the Wilson and Devinney (1971) model. We find that all of them are semi-detached systems, with A-type primary components and K-type evolved secondary which fill the corresponding lobe, although VW Cyg should perhaps be considered as an sd-d system.     

The first photometric study of semi-detached eclipsing binary V504 Cyg

In this paper, we analyze photometry of V504 Cyg semi-detached binary system. For this purpose, after taking the photometric data, primary and secondary minimum and new epoch were calculated. The period of system is found to be 0.3516916 day. Analysis of light curve was performed by PHOEBE software which uses last version of Wilson–Devinney code. 3D model of the system is worked out using Binary Maker software. The O’Connell effect in the light curve is observed and an accurate model of this system is presented by introducing four spots on the components.     

Physical parameters of the binary star CM draconis components

Spectra of the eclipsing binary star CM Dra consisting of two M dwarfs are discussed in detail. High-resolution echelle spectra (R = 47000) obtained using the 4.2 m William Hershel telescope are used. The temperatures and metallicities of both components in the binary system are determined using the stellar spectra simulation: T = 3100 ± 100 K, logg = 5.0 ± 0.2, [M/H] = ?0.5 ± 0.2 dex. The estimated values are in good agreement with the results obtained by other researchers.     

UBV photometry of the eclipsing binary RZ Eridani

U, B, andV observations of RZ Eri have been reported. Colours of comparison stars BD-10°994, BD-10°996 and of the variable RZ Eri have been presented. The observations of RZ Eri do not indicate the distortion wave in the light curve beyond observational scatter.     

Investigation of near-contact semi-detached binary W UMi through observations and evolutionary models

W UMi is a near contact, semi-detached, double-lined eclipsing binary star with an orbital period of 1.7 d. Simultaneous analysis of new BV R multi-color light curves and radial velocity data yields the main astrophysical parameters of the binary and its component stars. We determined mass and radius to be M_1 = 3.22 ± 0.08 M_⊙, R_1 = 3.63 ± 0.04 R_⊙ for the primary star and M_2 = 1.44 ± 0.05 M_⊙,R_2 = 3.09 ± 0.03 R_⊙ for the secondary star. Based on analysis of mid-eclipse times, variation in the orbital period is represented by a cyclic term and a downward parabola. Mass loss from the system is suggested for a secular decrease(-0.02 s yr~(-1)) in the period. Both the mechanisms of a hypothetical tertiary star orbiting around W UMi and the surface magnetic activity of the less massive cooler companion were used to interpret periodic changes. Observational parameters were found to be consistent with binary stellar evolution models produced in the non-conservative approach of MESA at a higher metallicity than the Sun and an age of about 400 Myr for the system. Evidence that the system is rich in metal was obtained from spectral and kinematic analysis as well as evolution models. W UMi, a high mass ratio system compared to classical semi-detached binaries, is an important example since it is estimated from binary evolutionary models that the system may reach its contact phase in a short time interval.     

The semi-detached system RT Persei and its light curve

The observedV light curve of the eclipsing binary RT Persei has been analysed by four different methods of solution to get the geometrical and photometric elements of the system. The results show a good agreement within about 6%.The system shows a variable light curve and a tentative hypothesis is made to explain this behaviour by considering a dynamical instability that may be the cause of circulating matter through the system and of the variability of the period.     

Mass transfer and loss of the massive semi-detached binary AI Crucis

AI Crucis is a short-period semi-detached massive close binary (P = 1.41771d, Sp.=B1.5) in the open cluster NGC 4103. It is a good astrophysical laboratory for investigating the formation and evolution of massive close binary stars via case A mass transfer. Orbital period variations of the system were analyzed based on one newly determined eclipse time and the others compiled from the literature. It is discovered that the orbital period of the binary is continuously increasing at a rate of dP/dt = +1.00(±0....     

Simulation of accretion disks due to viscosity in semi-detached binary systems

A computation simulation of the motion of equilibrium particles in semi-detached binary systems is presented. We find that an accretion disk can be formed around the primary due to viscosity between moving particles. The calculated results are obtained for various factors and mass ratios. The results show that a part of the martter transferred from the secondary is accreted by the primary and the equilibrium mass transfer of moving particle depends on viscous factors and mass ratios.A part of the work has been performed during author's visit the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J.     

First multi-color photometric investigation of the shortest-period semi-detached binary SWASPJ222302.02+195031.8

SuperWASPJ222302.02+195031.8 is an eclipsing binary with an orbital period about 0.22517657 days that is close to the short-period limit of contact binaries. Multi-color photometric light curves of the short-period binary in B, V, R_c and I_c bands are presented and analyzed by using the Wilson–Devinney (W–D) method. It is discovered that the system is a semi-detached binary where the secondary component is already filling the critical Roche lobe, while the primary is filling just 77.1% of its Roche lobe. The temperature of the primary is about 4300 K, and the temperature difference between the two components is about 500 K. The asymmetries in the light curves are explained by the coverage of stellar dark spots on the less massive component via magnetic activity. An analysis of all available eclipse times suggests that there are no any changes in the O-C diagram. This may indicate that there are no mass transfers between the two components. The semi-detached configuration with the dark spot on the surface of the lobe-filling secondary and no variations in the orbital period make the binary an interesting target for further investigations.     

AI Cru: A semi-detached system?

The only existing photoelectric light curve of AI Cru has been re-analysed using the Wilson and Devinney (1971) direct method of solution. The system is found to be a semi-detached system of spectral type (B5 v+B8 v), with a mass ratioq=m _c /m _h =0.6. This solution differs somewhat from that obtained by Giuricinet al. (1980), using Wood's (1972) method, but seems more realistic because of the smaller value ofq and the reduced temperature difference between the components, which amounts to about 3300 K.     

B and V photometry and analysis of the eclipsing binary RZ Cas

Photoelectric light curves of the eclipsing binary RZ Cas are presented forB andV filters. The light curves are analysed for light and geometrical elements, starting with a previously suggested preliminary method. The approximate results thus obtained are then optimised through the Wilson-Devinney computer programs.     

Mass loss in semi-detached binaries

Pre-Main-Sequence contracting objects, post-Main-Sequence expanding stars and mass-losing components of semi-detached systems all occupy more or less the same region in the conventional H-R-diagram. We make a transformation to variables (logL) and (logT _e), where is the difference between the observed quantity, logL or logT _e, and the value of that quantity which a star of the same mass would have on the empirical Main Sequence. It is demonstrated that a plot between the new variables clearly separates the mass-losing stars from other objects which is essentially an effect of the increasing abundance of helium relative to hydrogen.Paper presented at the Lembang-Bamberg IAU Colloquium No. 80 on Double Stars: Physical Properties and Generic Relations, held at Bandung, Indonesia, 3–7 June, 1983.