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The Orbital and Physical Properties of Five Southern Be+sdO Binary Systems
Gies, Douglas R.; Wang, Luqian; Peters, Geraldine J. +1 more
Close binary interactions may play a critical role in the formation of the rapidly rotating Be stars. Mass transfer can result in a mass gainer star spun up by the accretion of mass and angular momentum, while the mass donor is stripped of its envelope to form a hot and faint helium star. Far-UV spectroscopy has led to the detection of about 20 su…
The On-orbit Performance of the Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment Mission
France, Kevin; Fleming, Brian; Nell, Nicholas +5 more
We present the on-orbit performance of the Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE). CUTE is a 6U CubeSat that launched on 2021 September 27 and is obtaining near-ultraviolet (NUV; 2480 Å-3306 Å) transit spectroscopy of short-period exoplanets. The instrument comprises a 20 cm × 8 cm rectangular Cassegrain telescope, an NUV spectrograph with…
The Emergence of a Neutral Wind Region in the Orbital Plane of Symbiotic Binaries during Their Outbursts
Skopal, Augustin
Accretion of mass onto a white dwarf (WD) in a binary system can lead to stellar explosions. If a WD accretes from stellar wind of a distant evolved giant in a symbiotic binary, it can undergo occasional outbursts in which it brightens by several magnitudes, produces a low- and high-velocity mass outflow, and, in some cases, ejects bipolar jets. I…
The Mass-Temperature Relation for B and Early A Stars Based on International Ultraviolet Explorer Spectra of Detached Eclipsing Binaries
Torres, Guillermo; Evans, Nancy Remage; Kuraszkiewicz, Joanna +4 more
Ultraviolet spectra were taken of 25 detached eclipsing binaries (DEBs) with spectral types O, B, and early A with the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite in the 1150-1900 Å region. The spectra were compared with BOSZ model atmospheres. The composite spectra of the DEBs were modeled by a combination of models representing the hot and cool…
Precise Age for the Binary Star System 12 Com in the Coma Berenices Cluster
Klement, Robert; Monnier, John D.; Schaefer, Gail H. +11 more
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 cluster turnoff. Using an extensive radial velocity data set and interferometric measurements from…
The Unexpected Optical and Ultraviolet Variability of the Standard Star α Sex (HD 87887)
Bowman, Dominic M.; Lebreton, Yveline; Monier, Richard +1 more
The analysis of the available Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) light curves of α Sex (HD 87887) reveals low-frequency pulsations with a period of about 9.1 hr in this spectroscopic A0 III standard star. The IUE observations in 1992 December reveal large flux variations both in the far-UV and in the mid-UV, which are accompanied by vari…