BVRcIc LCs of two contact binaries Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Li K.
  2. Xia Q.-Q.
  3. Kim C.-H.
  4. Hu S.-M.
  5. Guo D.-F.
  6. Jeong M.-J.
  7. Chen Xu,Gao D.-Y.
  8. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

The cutoff mass ratio is under debate for contact binaries. In this paper, we present the investigation of two contact binaries with mass ratios close to the low mass ratio limit. It is found that the mass ratios of VSX J082700.8+462850 (hereafter J082700) and 1SWASP J132829.37+555246.1 (hereafter J132829) are both less than 0.1 (q~0.055 for J082700 and q~0.089 for J132829). J082700 is a shallow contact binary with a contact degree of ~19%, and J132829 is a deep contact system with a fill-out factor of ~70%. The O-C diagram analysis indicated that the two systems manifested long-term period decreases. In addition, J082700 exhibits a cyclic modulation which is more likely resulting from the Applegate mechanism. In order to explore the properties of extremely low mass ratio contact binaries (ELMRCBs), we carried out a statistical analysis on contact binaries with mass ratios of q~0.1 and discovered that the values of Jspin/Jorb of three systems are greater than 1/3. Two possible explanations can interpret this phenomenon. One explanation is that some physical processes, unknown to date, are not considered when Hut presented the dynamic stability criterion. The other explanation is that the dimensionless gyration radius (k) should be smaller than the value we used (k2=0.06). We also found that the formation of ELMRCBs possibly has two channels. The study of evolutionary states of ELMRCBs reveals that their evolutionary states are similar with those of normal W UMa contact binaries.

Keywords
  1. eclipsing-binary-stars
  2. infrared-photometry
  3. visible-astronomy
  4. Wide-band photometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2021ApJ...922..122L
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.19220122

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2023-04-25T09:03:10Z
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2023-04-25T09:03:10Z
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