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PHOTOMETRIC OBSERVATIONS OF THE CONTACT BINARY SYSTEM CC COM (접촉쌍성 CC Com의 측광학적 관측과 분석)

  • Jeong, Jang-Hae;Kim, Chun-Hwey;Kim, Yong-Gi
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.99-110
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    • 2007
  • A total of 824 observations (206 in ${\Delta}B$, 206 in ${\Delta}V$, 206 in ${\Delta}R$, 206 in ${\Delta}I$ for CC Com were made on 3 nights from March 3 to April 3 in 2002 using the 61cm telescope with 2K CCD camera of the Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory of KASI. From our observations 9 times of minimum light were newly determined. Combined analysis of our new BVRI light curves with the double-lined radial velocity curves of Pribulla et al. (2007) were made with the 2004 Wilson-Devinney(WD) binary model code to yield new physical parameters of the CC Com system. Small asymmetries in light curves were explained with the adoption of two hot spots on the cool secondary.

PHOTOMETRIC OBSERVATIONS OF THE CONTACT BINARY SYSTEM V523 CASSIOPEIAE (접촉쌍성 V523 Cas의 측광학적 관측과 분석)

  • Jeong Jang-Hae;Kim Chun-Hwey;Lee Yong-Sam
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.177-188
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    • 2006
  • A total of 920 observations (230 in ${\Delta}B$, 230 in ${\Delta}V$, 230 in ${\Delta}R$, 230 in ${\Delta}I$) for V523 Cas were made on 5 nights from January 6 to 24 in 2003 using the 61cm telescope with 2K CCD camera of the Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory of KASI. From our observations 9 times of minimum light were newly determined. Combined analysis of our new BVRI light curves with the double-lined radial velocity curves of the Rucinski et al.'s (2003) were made with the 2004 Wilson-Devinney (WD) binary model to yield new physical parameters of the V523 system. Small asymmetries in light curves were explained with the adoption of a cool spot on the hot primary and a hot spot on the cool secondary.

NEAR-IR PHOTOMETRIC STUDY OF THE FU ORIONIS OBJECT HBC 722

  • Sung, Hyun-Il;Park, Won-Kee;Yang, Yuna;Lee, Sang-Gak;Yoon, Tae Seog;Lee, Jeong-Eun;Kang, Wonseok;Park, Keun-Hong;Cho, Dong-Hwan;Park, Sunkyung
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.46 no.6
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    • pp.253-259
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    • 2013
  • We present near-infrared light curves of HBC 722 after its the September 2010 outburst. We have been monitoring its near-infrared light curves since November 2010 with Korean Astronomy and Space Science Institute Infrared Camera System (KASINICS). HBC 722 exhibits large changes in optical and near-infrared brightness since its outburst. The J, H, and $K_s$ light curves over about 2.5 years show that in all observed bands HBC 722 progressively became fainter until around April 2011, down to J ~10.7, H ~9.9, $K_s$ ~9.3, but it is getting brighter again. Large scatter in the obtained light curve prevents us from finding whether there is any short timescale variation as reported in other optical observations. The near-infrared color of HBC 722 is becoming bluer since its outburst. The pre-outburst Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) of HBC 722 is consistent with that of a slightly reddened Class II YSO with the exception of the extraordinary IR-excess in the far-infrared region.

Apsidal motions of 90 eccentric binary systems in the Small Magellanic Cloud

  • Hong, Kyeongsoo;Lee, Jae Woo;Kim, Seung-Lee;Koo, Jae-Rim;Lee, Chung-Uk
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.42.1-42.1
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    • 2016
  • We examined thousands of light curves of stars brighter than 18.0 mag in I band and less than mean magnitude error of 0.1 mag in V band from the OGLE-III eclipsing binary catalogue, and found 90 new binary systems exhibiting apsidal motion. In this study, the samples of apsidal motion stars in the SMC were increased by 250 percent than previously known. In order to determine the period of the apsidal motion for the binaries, we analysed in detail both light curves and eclipse timings using the MACHO and OGLE photometric database obtained for about 20 yrs. For the eclipse timing diagrams of the systems, new times of minimum light were derived from the full light curve combined at intervals of one yr from the survey data. The binaries presented in this paper have apsidal motion periods in the range of 12-918 yrs. An additional short-term oscillation was detected in five systems (OGLE-SMC-ECL-1634, 1947, 3035, 4946, and 5382), which most likely arise from the existence of a third body orbiting each eclipsing binary. All of the selected systems can be used for the statistical study of the interior structure of the stars in the SMC through their apsidal motions due to the homogeneous data and consistent analysis methods.

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Dependence of tidal disruption flares on stellar density profile and orbital properties

  • Park, Gwanwoo;Hayasaki, Kimitake
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.48.2-48.2
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    • 2019
  • Tidal disruption events (TDEs) provide evidence for quiescent supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the centers of inactive galaxies. TDEs occur when a star on a parabolic orbit approaches close enough to a SMBH to be disrupted by the tidal force of the SMBH. The subsequent super-Eddington accretion of stellar debris falling back to the SMBH produces a characteristic flare lasting several months. It is theoretically expected that the bolometric light curve decays with time as proportional to $t^{-5/3}$. However, some of the observed X-ray light curves deviate from the $t^{-5/3}$ decay rate, while some of them are overall in good agreement with the $t^{-5/3}$ law. Therefore, it is required to construct the theoretical model for explaining these light curve variations consistently. In this paper, we revisit the mass fallback rates semi-analytically by taking account of the stellar internal structure, orbital eccentricity and penetration factor. We find that the mass fallback rate is shallower than the standard $t^{-5/3}$ decay rate independently of the polytropic index, and the orbital eccentricity only changes the magnitude of the mass fallback rate. Furthermore, the penetration factor significantly can modify the magnitude and variation of mass fallback rate. We confirm these results by performing the computational hydrodynamic simulations. We also discuss the relevance of our model by comparing these results with the observed light curves.

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