Resolving Binary Stars and their Circumstellar Environments with the CHARA Array

2013 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 181-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.H. Schaefer
Keyword(s):  
Binary Stars ◽  
Chara Array ◽  
Circumstellar Environments

Spectroscopic binary stars and the CHARA array

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold A. McAlister ◽  
Theo A. ten Brummelaar ◽  
William G. Bagnuolo, Jr. ◽  
David H. Berger ◽  
Thomas Fallon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Binary Stars ◽  
Spectroscopic Binary ◽  
Chara Array

scholarly journals Polarimetry of Binary Stars and Exoplanets

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (S282) ◽  
pp. 173-180
Author(s):  
Karen S. Bjorkman
Keyword(s):  
Binary Stars ◽  
Binary Systems ◽  
Binary Star ◽  
Orbital Inclination ◽  
Orbital Parameters ◽  
Circumstellar Environments ◽  
Exoplanet Systems

AbstractPolarimetry is a useful diagnostic of asymmetries in both circumstellar environments and binary star systems. Its sensitivity to asymmetries in systems means that it can help to uncover details about system orbital parameters, including providing information about the orbital inclination. Polarimetry can probe the circumstellar and/or circumbinary material as well. A number of significant results on binary systems have been produced by polarimetric studies. One might therefore expect that polarimetry could similarly play a useful role in studies of exoplanets, and a number of possible diagnostics for exoplanets have been proposed. However, the application of polarimetry to exoplanet research is only in preliminary stages, and the difficulties with applying the technique to exoplanets are non-trivial. This review will discuss the successes of polarimetry in analyzing binary systems, and consider the possibilities and challenges for extending similar analysis to exoplanet systems.

RSCVn Stars in the Southern Hemisphere

1979 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 371-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.B. Hearnshaw
Keyword(s):  
Light Curve ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Orbital Period ◽  
Binary Stars ◽  
Small Amplitude ◽  
Light Variation ◽  
Orbital Phase

RSCVn stars are fully detached binary stars which show intrinsic small amplitude (up to 0.3 amplitude peak-to-peak) light variations, as well as, in most of the known cases, eclipses. The spectra are F to G, IV to V for the hotter component and usually KOIV for the cooler. They are also characterised by abnormally strong H and K emission from the cooler star, or, occasionally, from both components. The orbital and light curve periods are in the range 1 day to 2 weeks. An interesting feature is the migration of the light variations to earlier orbital phase, as the light variation period is shorter than the orbital period by a few parts in 10+4to a few parts in 10+3.

Mass Ratios in Wide Binary Stars

1997 ◽  
Vol 485 (2) ◽  
pp. 785-788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauri J. Valtonen
Keyword(s):  
Binary Stars ◽  
Wide Binary ◽  
Mass Ratios

The study of short orbital period of delta scuti pulsating variable stars

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (S356) ◽  
pp. 407-407
Author(s):  
Abduselam Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Time Delay ◽  
Orbital Period ◽  
Binary Stars ◽  
Arrival Time ◽  
Periodic Variation ◽  
Variable Stars ◽  
Orbital Elements ◽  
Pulsating Stars ◽  
Delta Scuti ◽  
Arrival Time Delay

AbstractAs a pulsating star moves in its binary orbit, the path length of the light between us and the star varies, leading to the periodic variation in the arrival time of the signal from the star to us (earth). With the consideration of pulsators light arrival time delay effects several new methods which allows using Kepler photometric data (light curves) alone to find binary stars have been recently developed. Among these modern techniques we used binarogram method and we identified that several δSct pulsating stars have companions. The application of these method on detecting long periods(i.e. longer than about 50 d) δSct pulsating stars is not new, but the uniqueness of this study is we verified that it is also applicable to detect and determine the orbital elements of short periods (i.e short orbital period) δSct pulsating stars. With this investigation, we identified the possible way to overcome effects of fictious peaks, even, on the maximum peaks helpful to verify weather the star has companion or not depend up on the existence of the time-delay. Then, we applied the technique on known binary stars and their orbital elements are previously published. Finally, we identified some new short orbital period δSct pulsating stars and obtained their orbital frequency and period with the same procedures. Because of with our attempts we succeeded and verified the applicability of the method (the Binarogram method) on these stars (i.e short orbital period) for the first time, we expect that our present study will play a great role for similar study and to improve our binary statistics.

scholarly journals Gas phase formation of c-SiC3molecules in the circumstellar envelope of carbon stars

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (29) ◽  
pp. 14471-14478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Yang ◽  
Luke Bertels ◽  
Beni B. Dangi ◽  
Xiaohu Li ◽  
Martin Head-Gordon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Star ◽  
Asymptotic Giant Branch ◽  
Formation Mechanisms ◽  
Circumstellar Envelope ◽  
Outer Envelope ◽  
Parent Molecule ◽  
Silicon Carbon ◽  
Electronically Excited ◽  
Circumstellar Environments ◽  
A Chain

Complex organosilicon molecules are ubiquitous in the circumstellar envelope of the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star IRC+10216, but their formation mechanisms have remained largely elusive until now. These processes are of fundamental importance in initiating a chain of chemical reactions leading eventually to the formation of organosilicon molecules—among them key precursors to silicon carbide grains—in the circumstellar shell contributing critically to the galactic carbon and silicon budgets with up to 80% of the ejected materials infused into the interstellar medium. Here we demonstrate via a combined experimental, computational, and modeling study that distinct chemistries in the inner and outer envelope of a carbon star can lead to the synthesis of circumstellar silicon tricarbide (c-SiC3) as observed in the circumstellar envelope of IRC+10216. Bimolecular reactions of electronically excited silicon atoms (Si(1D)) with allene (H2CCCH2) and methylacetylene (CH3CCH) initiate the formation of SiC3H2molecules in the inner envelope. Driven by the stellar wind to the outer envelope, subsequent photodissociation of the SiC3H2parent operates the synthesis of the c-SiC3daughter species via dehydrogenation. The facile route to silicon tricarbide via a single neutral–neutral reaction to a hydrogenated parent molecule followed by photochemical processing of this transient to a bare silicon–carbon molecule presents evidence for a shift in currently accepted views of the circumstellar organosilicon chemistry, and provides an explanation for the previously elusive origin of circumstellar organosilicon molecules that can be synthesized in carbon-rich, circumstellar environments.

scholarly journals Physical Parameters and Chemical Composition of Components of the Am-Type Binary System RR Lyncis

1993 ◽  
Vol 138 ◽  
pp. 192-196
Author(s):  
L.S. Lyubimkov ◽  
T.M. Rachkovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Binary System ◽  
Binary Stars ◽  
Spectroscopic Binaries ◽  
Theoretical Modelling ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Accurate Data ◽  
Element Abundances ◽  
Widespread Phenomenon ◽  
Chemical Anomalies

Duplicity is a very widespread phenomenon among Am-stars. For instance, Abt (1961) investigating 25 such stars found out that 22 of them are spectroscopic binaries. However this important phenomenon is ignored usually in chemical composition investigations of Am-stars. Consequently some “mean” element abundances are determined, which can noticeably differ from real abundances in atmospheres of components. Moreover false chemical anomalies can appear, as shown by the theoretical modelling of spectra of binary stars (Lyubimkov, 1989, 1992). Meanwhile accurate data on chemical composition of Am-stars must be considered as observational test for any hypothesis suggested for explanation of these objects.

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