- Tytuł:
- Spectroscopic and photometric study of the contact binary BO CVn
- Autorzy:
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Szymański, Tomasz
Zoła, Stanisław
Jabłeka, Damian
Kuźmicz, Agnieszka
Winiarski, Maciej
Şenavcı, H. V.
Nelson, R. H. - Opis:
- We present the results of the study of the contact binary system BO CVn. We have obtained physical parameters of the components based on combined analysis of new, multi-color light curves and spectroscopic mass ratio. This is the first time the latter has been determined for this object. We derived the contact configuration for the system with a very high filling factor of about 88%. We were able to reproduce the observed light curve, namely the flat bottom of the secondary minimum, only if a third light has been added into the list of free parameters. The resulting third light contribution is significant, about 20-24%, while the absolute parameters of components are: $M_{1}$ = 1.16, $M_{1}$ = 0.39, $R_{1}$ = 1.62 and $R_{1}$ = 1.00 (in solar units). The O-C diagram shows an upward parabola which, under the conservative mass transfer assumption, would correspond to a mass transfer rate of $dM/dt = 6.3 \times 10^{-8}M_{\odot}/yr$, matter being transferred from the less massive component to the more massive one. No cyclic, short-period variations have been found in the O-C diagram (but longer-term variations remain a possibility).
- Dostawca treści:
- Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
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