• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2010

Several survey observations have produced light curves of more than five thousand eclipsing binaries for last 15 years. Future missions such as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) and Gaia are expected to yield hundreds thousands of new variable stars and eclipsing binaries. Current methods require a week to analyze the light curves of an eclipsing binary for its physical and orbital parameters. The current methods of analyzing the light curves will be inadequate to treat the overwhelming influx of new data. Therefore we developed a new method to treat large numbers of light curves of eclipsing binaries. We tested the new method by analyzing more than one hundred light curves of the detached and semi-detached eclipsing binaries discovered in the Small Magellan Cloud and present their fitted light curves with observations.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.65-68
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• 1998

We construct the X-ray light curves of the W UMa type contact binary SS Arietis(HD12929) from the EXOSAT data in HEASARC data archive. The phase dependent X-ray light curves obtained by using the ephimeris of Kaluzny & Pojmanski of SS Ari is modulated on the orbital phase as in the case of other W UMa type binaries. Although a detailed analysis of these data is impossible because of the very low X-ray light curves in the context of the radiation in the corona region of W UMa type stars.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.77-86
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• 2008

EROS, MACHO, OGLE 등 대규모 탐사관측으로 외부은하에서 식쌍성의 발견은 물론 식쌍성의 광도곡선이 대량으로 발표되고 있다. 식쌍성의 광도곡선은 별의 물리양에 대한 정보를 제공하므로 대량으로 발표된 식쌍성의 광도곡선은 항상천문학 연구에 매우 유용한 자료가 될 것이다. 그러나 식쌍성의 광도 곡선을 분석하는 작업은 많은 시간을 요한다. 이에 시간을 단축하여 광도곡선을 분석하는 방법을 제시하고, 소마젤란 은하에 있는 식쌍성중에서 측광학적으로 질량비를 유일하게 결정할 수 있는 20개의 식쌍성을 표본으로 선정하여 측광학적인 해를 구하였다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.30-43
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• 1995

충북대학교 천체관측소에서 1990년 12월부터 1994년 1월까지 총 31일 밤 통안 삼중성 $\lambda$ Tau의 UBVRI 광전측광 관측을 수뺑하여 각 필터별로 586점씩 총 2930점의 관측점으로 광도곡선을 완성하였다. 제 1식심의 광도곡선으로부터 1개의 제 1식심시각을 구하고 새로운 광도요소를 얻었다. 분산이 심한 U광도곡션을 제외한 우리의 BVRI 광도곡션과 Grant(1959)의 BV 광도곡션을 혼합하여 Wilson-Devinney 계산법으로 ,$\lambda$ Tau의 측광학적 해를 구한후, 이 광도곡선과 Fekel and Tomkin (1982)이 수집한 시선속도 곡선을 동시에 만족하는 $\lambda$ Tau의 시선속도 곡선의 해를 구하고, 이 값으로부터 이 쌍성계의 절대량을 산출하였다. 주성의 반경과 질량은 각각8$8.3R_\odot$과$8.1m_\odot$이고 반성의 반경과 질량온 각 각 $6.5R_\odot$과 $2.1m_\odot$이다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.50.1-50.1
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• 2010

We have analyzed times of minima for of 6 binary systems. Three binary systems show period decrease at rate $3.19{\times}10-5$ yr -1 for SV Cen, $1.35{\times}10-7$ yr -1 for RT Scl and $1.14{\times}10-7$ yr -1 for AD Phe. Two systems show period increase $5.696{\times}10-8$ yr -1 for SX Aur and $6.93{\times}10-8$ yr -1 for GO Cyg. One system shows cyclic period variation. We estimated the mass transfer rate for 5 binary systems. Four systems show asymmetric light curves. Two asymmetric light curves (SV Cen and RT Scl) are due to hot spot caused by mass transfer. And two asymmetric light curves (AD Phe and TY Boo) are due to cool spot caused by magnetic activities on the cooler component. We also obtain absolute dimensions from photometric solution and spectroscopic solution by analyzing their light curves and radial velocity curves, which are collected from literatures, using 2007 version Wilson and Deviney computer code.

• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 2010년도 한국우주과학회보 제19권1호
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• pp.32.3-32.3
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• 2010

We have analyzed times of minima for six eclipsing binary systems which show asymmetric light curves. We found that five binary systems show period decrease and one system shows cyclic period variation. Three asymmetric light curves (SV Cen, RT Scl and VW Boo) are due to hot spot caused by mass transfer. Other three asymmetric light curves (AD Phe,, EZ Hya and TY Boo) are due to cool spot on the cooler component caused by magnetic activities. We also obtain absolute dimensions from photometric solution and spectroscopic solution by analyzing their light curves and radial velocity curves, collected from literatures, using 2007 version Wilson and Devinney computer code.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.35-45
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• 1985

Standardized B and V photoelectric light curves of Algol are made with the obsevations obtained during 1982-84 with the 40-cm and the 61-cm reflectors of Yonsei University Observatory. These light curves show asymmetry between ascending and descending shoulders. The ascending shoulder is 0.02 mag brighter than descending shoulder in V light curve and 0.03mag in B light curve. These asymmetric light crves are interpreted as the result of inhomogeneous energy distribution on the surface of one star of the eclipsing pair rather than the result of gaseous stream flowing from KOIV to B8V star. The 180-year periodicity, so called great inequality, are most likely the result proposed by Kim et al.(1983) that the abrupt and discrete mass losses of cooler component may be the cause of this orbital change. The amount of mass loss deduced from these discrete period changes turned out to be of the order of $10^{-6}$ - $10^{-5}M_\odot$.

• 천문학논총
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.225-227
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• 2015

We introduce a code called tlc_s05, to fit sparsely sampled JHK band Cepheid light curve data with template light curves to derive the mean magnitude. A brief description of the code is provided here. We tested the performance of the code in deriving the mean JHK band magnitudes using simulations, and we found that it is better to observe more than four evenly spaced data points per light curve, which permits tlc_s05 to derive accurate mean magnitudes for Cepheid JHK band light curves.

• 천문학논총
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.433-437
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• 2015

We show the results of a time series analysis of the long-term light curves of four blazars. 3C 279, 3C 345, 3C 446, and BL Lacertae. We used densely sampled light curves spanning 32 years at three frequency bands (4.8, 8, 14.5 GHz), provided by the University of Michigan Radio Astronomy Observatory monitoring program. The spectral indices of our sources are mostly flat or inverted (-0.5 < ${\alpha}$ < 0), which is consistent with optically thick emission. Strong variability was seen in all light curves on various time scales. From the analyses of time lags between the light curves from different frequency bands and the evolution of the spectral indices with time, we find that we can distinguish high-peaking flares and low-peaking flares according to the Valtaoja et al. classification. The periodograms (temporal power spectra) of the light curves are in good agreement with random-walk power-law noise without any indication of (quasi-)periodic variability. We note that random-walk noise light curves can originate from multiple shocks in jets. The fact that all our sources are in agreement with being random-walk noise emitters at radio wavelengths suggests that such behavior is a general property of blazars. We are going to generalize our approach by applying our methodology to a much larger blazar sample in the near future.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.57-69
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• 1990

The eighteen ultraviolet light curves of Epsilon Aurigae have been plotted using the integrated fluxes reduced from the 233 IUE low dispersion spectra taken between 1978 and 1986. The times of contacts and depth of eclipse have been determined from the light curves at the wavelength from 2550 $AA$ to 3050 $AA$. The UV light curves show two brightenings during the totality, the downward slope of the variation from the second to the third contacts, and asymmetry of the eclipse light curve. The two selected spectra note that the energy density distribution is not changed between the totality of the eclipse and out-of-eclipse.