The close binary system EG cephei


Erdem A., BUDDING E., Demircan O., DEGIRMENCI O., GULMEN O., SEZER C.

ASTRONOMISCHE NACHRICHTEN, cilt.326, sa.5, ss.332-337, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 326 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/asna.200410356
  • Dergi Adı: ASTRONOMISCHE NACHRICHTEN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.332-337
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

New light curves and available times of minima of a beta Lyr system EG Cep were analysed to deduce more information on the nature of the system. The main U-shaped (O - C) variation was interpreted in terms of the mass transfer and mass loss in the system. The same variation was also considered as a part of a sinusoidal variation and thus interpreted in terms of a light-time effect due to an unseen component in the system. New B and V light curves were analyzed with different fitting procedures, and there is general agreement that both stars must be very close to each other and to stability limits. A model that fits all the data well has a near main sequence primary and a secondary star that is overflowing matter towards it. This secondary is also reasonably close to main sequence conditions. The configuration thus appears to be a (relatively uncommon) ' Case A ' type evolving Algol and raises interesting questions about such interactive evolution and potentially useful tests of theory.