New spectroscopic binary companions of giant stars and updated metallicity distribution for binary systems [PDF]
We report the discovery of 24 spectroscopic binary companions to giant stars. We fully constrain the orbital solution for 6 of these systems. We cannot unambiguously derive the orbital elements for the remaining stars because the phase coverage is ...
Vanzi, L. +49 more
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Gravitoastronomy with neutron stars [PDF]
Recent advances in gravitational wave detectors mean that we can start to make astrophysically important statements about the physics of neutron stars based on observed upper limits to their gravitational luminosity.
Woan, G., Graham Woan
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Some evolved binaries, namely post–asymptotic giant branch (AGB) binaries, are surrounded by stable and massive circumbinary disks similar to protoplanetary disks found around young stars. Around 10% of these disks are transition disks: they have a large
Narsireddy Anugu +19 more
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The Calibration of Interferometrically Determined Properties of Binary Stars [PDF]
With the advent of speckle interferometry, high angular resolution has begun to play a routine role in the study of binary stars. Speckle and other interferometric techniques not only bring enhanced resolution to this classic and fundamental field but provide an equally important gain in observational accuracy.
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A Search for Gravitational Waves from Perturbed Black Hole Ringdowns in LIGO Data [PDF]
According to General Relativity a perturbed black hole will return to a stable configuration by the emission of gravitational radiation in a superposition of quasi-normal modes. Such a perturbation will occur due to the coalescence of a black hole binary,
Goggin, Lisa Maria
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Precise Age for the Binary Star System 12 Com in the Coma Berenices Cluster
We present measurements of the interferometrically resolved binary star system 12 Com and the single giant star 31 Com in the cluster Coma Berenices. 12 Com is a double-lined spectroscopic binary system consisting of a G7 giant and an A3 dwarf at the ...
Rex Lam +13 more
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The magnetosphere of the close accreting PMS binary V4046 Sgr [PDF]
SGG acknowledges support from the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) via an Ernest Rutherford Fellowship [ST/J003255/1]. GAW is supported by a Discovery Grant from the Natural Science & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).V4046 ...
Damiani, F. +78 more
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Orbital Elements of visual binary stars with very short arcs: With application to double stars from the 1829 southern double star catalog of James Dunlop [PDF]
Binary double stars are those whose binding energies are less than zero. Obtaining binary star orbits from short arcs has been a long-standing problem in astrophysics.
Roderick R. Letchford +5 more
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The New Version of the Binary Star Database (BDB)
The Binary star database contains data on about 100 000 stellar systems of multiplicity 2 to 22, taken from a large variety of published catalogues for all types of binary stars: visual, orbital, astrometric, interferometric, spectroscopic, photometric ...
Kaygorodov P. +4 more
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The Interferometric Binary ϵ Cnc in Praesepe: Precise Masses and Age [PDF]
We observe the brightest member of the Praesepe cluster, Epsilon Cnc, to precisely measure the characteristics of the stars in this binary system, en route to a new measurement of the cluster’s age.
L Malavolta (21943301) +18 more
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