An Eclipsing Binary Comprising Two Active Red Stragglers of Identical Mass and Synchronized Rotation: A Post-Mass-Transfer System or Just Born That Way?
arXiv:2305.00134 · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/acd17c
Abstract
We report the discovery of 2M0056-08 as an equal-mass eclipsing binary (EB), comprising two red straggler stars (RSSs) with an orbital period of 33.9 d. Both stars have masses of 1.419 Msun, identical to within 0.2%. Both stars appear to be in the early red-giant phase of evolution; however, they are far displaced to cooler temperatures and lower luminosities compared to standard stellar models. The broadband spectral energy distribution shows NUV excess and X-ray emission, consistent with chromospheric and coronal emission from magnetically active stars; indeed, the stars rotate more rapidly than typical red giants and they evince light curve modulations due to spots. These modulations also reveal the stars to be rotating synchronously with one another. There is evidence for excess FUV emission and long-term modulations in radial-velocities; it is not clear whether these are also attributable to magnetic activity or if they reveal a tertiary companion. Stellar evolution models modified to account for the effects of spots can reproduce the observed radii and temperatures of the RSSs. If the system possesses a white dwarf tertiary, then mass-transfer scenarios could explain the manner by which the stars came to possess such remarkably identical masses and by which they came to be sychronized. However, if the stars are presumed to have been formed as identical twins, and they managed to become tidally synchronized as they evolved toward the red giant branch, then all of the features of the system can be explained via activity effects, without requiring a complex dynamical history.
arXiv comment23 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
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