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New photoelectric and CCD observations of the eclipsing contact binary systems V344 Lac and V1191 Cyg are presented and analyzed. All available times of minimum light were used to study period changes of the systems and determine up-to-date ephemerides. The orbital period of V1191 Cyg is found to be increasing at a very fast rate. The photometric elements were determined using the new light curve,...
We present ephemerides and solutions of one Algol-type (KZ Dra) and two overcontact systems (LR Cam and IM Vul) based on V(RI)C CCD observations obtained in the project Prosper (network of amateur observers).
In this paper we investigate a sample of contact eclipsing binary systems, which exhibit a large temperature difference (at least 1000K) between the components. Considering the effective temperature of the primary star, the systems were divided into three groups. We applied a Monte Carlo method as a more suitable procedure for the search of the system configurations previously known as contact binaries...
BVR light curves of the recently discovered eclipsing binary V351 Peg were studied to derive the preliminary physical parameters of the system. The light curves were obtained at the TÜBİTAK*—Turkish National Observatory (TUG) during three nights in August, 2003. The solutions were made using Djurašević’s inverse problem method. V351 Peg is a system in an overcontact configuration (f ...
V2213 Cyg was discovered as avariable starby Pavlenko (1999) in 1998. We present our photometry of V2213 Cyg from 1998–2003 based on CCD observations with the K-380 Cassegrain telescope of CrAO and the 60 cm Zeiss telescope of SAL Observations have been carried out mostly in R and sometimes in B and V Johnson system. The total amount of data is 2270 points, covering ∼50 nights. We classify this binary...
We present the first light curve analysis for two newly discovered W UMa eclipsing binaries in the field of the globular cluster M15. As spectroscopic observations are not available, we used the FOTEL program to obtain the light curve solution of both systems. The fundamental properties of each system are obtained. Several tests concerning values of mass ratio and effective temperatures were carried...
Photoelectric UBV light curves of the recently discovered eclipsing binary HX UMa were obtained and studied to determine the preliminary physical parameters of the system for the first time. The observations were taken at the TÜBİTAK1 — Turkish National Observatory (TUG) on three nights in April 2003. A simultaneous analysis of the light and radial velocity curves yields a typical A-type contact binary...
New U BV(RI)C observations and radial velocities of the W UMa-type system BD + 14°5016 were collected. Changes of the properties of a hot spot, located on the surface of the primary component, have been noticed.
BV light curves of the eclipsing binary UV Leo obtained at the Kryonerion Astronomical Station of the National Observatory of Athens, Greece, are analyzed. The analysis is based on a Roche configuration with two spots on the secondary surface. The elements of the two components of the system are calculated and the spot characteristics are given.
Interstellar and atmospheric extinctions redden the observational photometric data and they should be handled rigorously. This paper simulates the effect of reddening for the modest case of two main sequence T1 = 6500 K and T2 = 5500 K components of a detached eclipsing binary system. It is shown that simply subtracting a constant from measured magnitudes (the approach often used...
The results of new UBV photometric observations of V1357 Cyg in primary minimum are presented. Observations were carried out from 1996 up to now with 60 cm telescope in Crimea with the goal to study additional radiation that was detected in the mean light curve of this system near orbital phase 0.0. The properties of this additional radiation are also considered.
We consider the evolution of certain low-mass binaries, incorporating models of (a) internal evolution, (b) tidal friction, (c) dynamo activity driven by an elementary α, Ω dynamo, (d) stellar wind driven by the activity, and (e) magnetic braking as a consequence of wind and poloidal dynamo-generated magnetic field. In some circumstances the stellar wind is found to remove mass on a nuclear timescale,...
We present results of evolutionary computations for massive close binaries with the Brussels simultaneous evolution code for conservative and non-conservative Roche lobe overflow (RLOF). We discuss mass transfer in massive close binaries during phases of RLOF, common envelope, spiral-in and merging. We examine the effects of stellar wind during successive stellar evolution phases and the final fate...
We present a grid of evolutionary tracks of 240 binaries with a B-type primary at birth and initial mass ratios: 0.4, 0.6 and 0.9. Conservative calculations are done for cases A and A/B RLOF. For pure RLOFB, conservative and liberal evolutionary sequences have both been computed. In order to compare statistically our computations with the observed distributions of orbital periods and mass ratios of...
A new method for the determination of the proximity effects and gravity darkening exponents in contact binaries of W UMa type is presented. The method is based on Kopal’s method of Fourier analysis of the light changes of eclipsing variables in the Frequency Domain. The method was applied to 36 W UMa systems for which geometric and photometric elements have been derived by the most powerful techniques...
Various branches of observational information, and related physical problems concerning the bright, relatively close, Algol binary δ Lib are discussed. Times of minimum light confirm the classical Algol status, which, combined with the optical and IR photometry of Lazaro et al. (2002), provide the basis for a good understanding of the system’s basic parameters. New spectroscopy from the Coudé spectrograph...
The review of gasdynamic models used for the description of the mass exchange in close binaries is presented. Main features of the flow structure are summarized. Special attention is paid to physics of accretion discs in binary systems. It is shown that in self-consistent considerations of gas dynamics of mass transfer in close binaries the interaction of the stream from L1 with the forming...
I review the method of Doppler tomography which is widely used to understand the complex emission line profile variations displayed by accreting binary stars. Doppler tomography uses the information encoded in line profiles as a function of orbital phase to calculate the strength of emission as a function of velocity, using a process closely related to medical X-ray tomographic imaging. I review applications...
The eclipsing binary W Crucis belongs to the rare group of strongly interacting binaries, which are believed to be shortly after the first and rapid mass transfer between components, prior to the Algol phase. New 7-colour photometric measurements in the Geneva system are presented for this long period binary. Several consecutive cycles were covered, which revealed rather complex light curves with...
. We explain a complex behaviour of the light curves (LC) of symbiotic binaries on the basis of their spectral energy distribution (SED) in the optical domain. During quiescent phases we observe a wave-like variation of the optical light as a function of orbital phase. This is produced by the orbitally-related variation of the emission measure (EM) of the symbiotic nebula. During active phases this...
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