• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.75-86
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• 2019

UV Psc is a typical RS CVn type system undergoing dynamic chromosphere activity. We performed photometric observations of the system in 2015 and secured new BVR light curves showing well-defined photometric waves. In this paper, we analyzed the light curves using Wilson-Devinney binary code and investigated the orbital period of the system. The combination of our light curve synthesis with the spectroscopic solution developed by previous investigators yielded the absolute parameters as: $M_1=1.104{\pm}0.042M_{\odot}$, $R_1=1.165{\pm}0.025R_{\odot}$, and $L_1=1.361{\pm} 0.041L_{\odot}$ for the primary star, and $M_2=0.809{\pm}0.082M_{\odot}$, $R_2=0.858{\pm}0.018R_{\odot}$, and $L_2=0.339 {\pm}0.010L_{\odot}$ for the secondary star. The eclipse timing diagram for accurate CCD and photoelectric timings showed that the orbital period may vary either in a downward parabolic manner or a quasi-sinusoidal pattern. If the latter is adopted as a probable pattern for the period change, a more plausible account for the cyclic variation may be the light time effect caused by a circumbinary object rather than an Applegate-mechanism occurring via variable surface magnetic field strengths.

• 천문학회보
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.50.2-50.2
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• 2017

We have been carrying out the long-term (3-5 years) AGN monitoring project since October 2015 to investigate the variability and measure the H beta line time lag of 69 nearby (0.06 < z < 0.47) AGNs based on the reverberation mapping method. Our targets have B band magnitudes of 14.4-18.6, luminosities of log L5100 = 45.6-48.1 erg/s, and the expected time lags of 28-597 light days. BVR band images are being taken with ~20-day cadence using MDM 1.3m, LOAO 1m and MDM 2.4m telescopes. Recently, Nickel 1m at Lick and DOAO 1m at Deokheung observatory are joined with photometric observations. Follow-up spectroscopic observations are on-going using the Lick 3m and MDM 2.4m telescopes. In this poster, we will describe our project including sample selection and the observational strategy, and present the preliminary results based on the 1st year photometry.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.242-250
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• 1997

W UMa형 접촉쌍성 AB And의 BVR CCD 측광 관측을 1994년 9월부터 1996년 10까지 4일간 수행하여 4개의 새로운 극심 시간을 결정하였다. 이 극심 시각과 이제까지 발표된 모든 극심 시각을 분석하여 AB And의 주기변화의 양상을 연구하였다. AB And의 주기변화를 sine 함수와 같이 규칙적으로 변한다고 가정하여, 관측된 극심 시간을 가장 잘 맞추는 광도 요소를 구하였다. 이 광도요소의 sine 항으로부터 계산된 AB And의 공전주기 변화는 약 0.059일의 진폭으로 약 92년 주기로 규칙적으로 변화하고 있다. 그러나 가장 최근에 관측된 이 연구의 극심 시각들은 이 광도요소에서 예측한 극심 시각들보다 다소 크게 나타나고 있다. 따라서, 우리는 AB An의 공전주기가 sine 함수 외에도 포물선 형태로 변한다고 가정하고 관측된 극심 시각을 가장 잘 맞추는 광도요소를 구하였다. 이 광도요소의 이차항으로 계산된 AB And의 공전주기는 100년에 약 0.73초만큼 영 년 증가하는 동시에, sine 항으로부터 약 62.9년 주기와 0.024일의 진폭으로 규칙적으로 변화한다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 향후 10년 이내에는 AB And의 공전주기는 sine 항만을 고려하면 주기 감소를 해야하고, 이차항까지 고려하면, 주기 증가가 예측되므로, AB And의 주기변화에 대한 명확한 해답을 위해서 지속적인 관측이 요구된다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.89-96
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• 2010

BVR CCD observations of GW Cep were made on 15 nights in November through December 2008 with a 1-m reflector at the Jincheon station of the Chungbuk National University Observatory. Nineteen new times of minimum lights for GW Cep were determined and added to a collection of all other times of minima available to us. These data were then intensively analyzed, by reference to an O-C diagram, to deduce the general form of period variation for GW Cep. It was found that the O-C diagram could be interpreted as presenting two different forms of period change: an exclusively quasi-sinusoidal change with a period of 32.6 years and an eccentricity of 0.10; and a quasi-sinusoidal change with a period of 46.2 years and an eccentricity of 0.36 superposed on an upward parabola. Although a final conclusion is somewhat premature at present, the latter seems more plausible because late-type contact binaries allow an inter-exchange of both energy and mass between the component stars. The quasi-sinusoidal characteristics were interpreted in terms of a light-time effect due to an unseen tertiary component. The minimum masses of the tertiary component for both cases were calculated to be nearly the same as the $0.23-0.26M\;{\odot}$-ranges which is hardly detectable in a light curve synthesis. The upward parabolic O-C diagram corresponding to a secular period increase of about $4.12{\times}10^{-8}\;d/yr$ was interpreted as mass being transferred from the lesser to more massive component. The transfer rate for a conservative case was calculated to be about $2.66\;{\times}\;10^{-8}\;M_{\odot}/yr$ which is compatible with other W UMa-type contact binaries.