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The Survival Paradox of Close-In Planets Orbiting Red Clump Giants
Wen-Xu Lin, Sheng-Bang Qian, Qi-Bin Sun +9
Close-in planets orbiting core-helium-burning red-clump (RC) giants directly challenge tidal-engulfment theory, which predicts that planets within about 1 au of Sun-like stars shou…
Superoutbursts and Superhumps of Cataclysmic Variables observed with TESS
Qi-Bin Sun, Sheng-Bang Qian, Li-Ying Zhu +10
Superoutbursts and superhumps are characteristic signatures of SU UMa-type cataclysmic variables, yet the full diversity of superhump evolutionary behaviour remains poorly constrai…
Eclipse Properties and Superhump Evolution in the SU UMa-Type Dwarf Nova Z Cha
Qi-Bin Sun, Sheng-Bang Qian, Li-Ying Zhu +10
The advent of large-scale time-domain surveys provides both opportunities and challenges for understanding accretion disk evolution in cataclysmic variables (CVs). Using high-caden…
KIC 6464285: A Solar-type Eclipsing Binary in a Hierarchical Triple System with Quasi-periodic Out-of-eclipse Modulations
Fang-Bin Meng, Li-Ying Zhu, Sheng-Bang Qian +10
We present the first detailed analysis of the solar-type triple system KIC 6464285. Combining long-term, high-precision photometry from Kepler, TESS, and ZTF with low-resolution sp…
Universal scaling between magnetar field and initial spin period for short gamma ray bursts
Qin-Mei Li, Qi-Bin Sun, Sheng-Bang Qian +5
The -- correlation serves as a critical probe of magnetar engine physics. Although this scaling relation has been firmly established for long gamma-ray bursts (lGRBs), sy…
CW Cas: A solar-type contact binary system with an unseen third companion in a hierarchical quadruple system
Azizbek Matekov, Liying Zhu, Linjia Li +11
We present a comprehensive multiband photometric and spectroscopic study of the G-type binary CW Cas whose parameters have not been well determined. Our double-lined spectroscopic…
Diversity in Evolutionary Status and Magnetic Activity among Solar-Type Twin Detached Eclipsing Binaries
Fang-Bin Meng, Li-Ying Zhu, Sheng-Bang Qian +9
We present a combined photometric and spectroscopic analysis of four detached eclipsing binaries (KIC 8957954, KIC 10593759, KIC 8302455, and TIC 207398432), all of which exhibit c…
Two Potential Exoplanets around A-type Stars Selected from 18 Planetary Candidates
Yi-fan Luo, Wen-Ping Liao, Sheng-Bang Qian +2
We screen and analyze exoplanet candidates around A-type stars (defined as Teff between 7500 and 10,000 K) observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite to evaluate their l…
HD 26172: an active solar-type subgiant in a close binary system
Fang-Bin Meng, Li-Ying Zhu, Sheng-Bang Qian +5
We present the first comprehensive photometric and spectroscopic analysis of the RS CVn system HD 26172, robustly determining the previously debated evolutionary state of its prima…
Tidally Trapped Two-pole Pulsations Discovered in a Close Binary with a Massive Cephei Star
Ping Li, Wen-Ping Liao, Sheng-Bang Qian +4
Tidally tilted pulsators (TTPs), whose pulsation axis aligns with the binary's semi-major axis, represent a newly established class of oscillators in binary systems. While all prev…
Asteroseismology and Dynamics Reveal Interior Structure and Coeval Evolution in the Triply Post-Main-Sequence system DG Leo
Ping Li, Wen-Ping Liao, Sheng-Bang Qian +4
Scuti stars in binary or multiple systems serve as crucial probes for studying stellar pulsation and evolution. However, many such systems are not ideal for asteroseismology du…
Observational Properties of Cephei Stars: 88 new samples discovered Based on TESS and Gaia Data
Xiang-dong Shi, Sheng-bang Qian, Li-ying Zhu +5
We present a systematic investigation of Cephei (BCEP) stars by integrating photometric data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) with astrometric parameters f…
New Evidence for Extragalactic Einstein Probe Transients associated with Long Gamma-ray Bursts
Qin-Mei Li, Qi-Bin Sun, Sheng-Bang Qian +1
The origin of extragalactic fast X-ray transients (EFXTs) remains a fundamental open question in high-energy astrophysics. The Einstein Probe (EP) mission provides a transformative…
The Cosmic Star Formation History: Insights from Kilonova-Associated Gamma-Ray Bursts
Qin-Mei Li, Qi-Bin Sun, Sheng-Bang Qian +2
The origin of the Universe and its material content remains one of the most fundamental questions in science. Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), with their extreme luminosities and high-reds…
Orbital and Pulsation Analysis of 42 Heartbeat Stars Discovered in TESS Data
Min-Yu Li, Sheng-Bang Qian, Ai-Ying Zhou +7
Heartbeat stars (HBSs) are ideal laboratories for studying the formation and evolution of binary stars in eccentric orbits and their mutual tidal interactions. We present 42 new HB…
Detection of Low-Redshift Excess in Supernova-Linked Gamma-Ray Bursts
Qin-Mei Li, Qi-Bin Sun, Sheng-Bang Qian +1
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are traditionally classified into long (lGRBs) and short (sGRBs) durations based on their , with lGRBs widely used as tracers of the cosmic star for…
Heartbeat Stars Recognition Based on Recurrent Neural Networks: Method and Validation
Min-Yu Li, Sheng-Bang Qian, Li-Ying Zhu +7
Since the variety of their light curve morphologies, the vast majority of the known heartbeat stars (HBSs) have been discovered by manual inspection. Machine learning, which has al…
Comprehensive Parameter Determination of Exoplanet through Asteroseismic Host Star Constraints
Wen-Xu Lin, Sheng-Bang Qian, Li-Ying Zhu +5
This study develops a robust framework for exoplanet characterization by leveraging asteroseismic constraints on host stars. Using precise photometric data from missions such as \t…
Observational Properties of 155 Cephei pulsating variable stars
Xiang-dong Shi, Sheng-bang Qian, Li-ying Zhu +3
Cephei pulsating variable (BCEP) stars are the most massive pulsating variable stars in the main sequence, exhibiting both p- and g-mode pulsations. In this study, we identifie…
Superoutbursts and Positive Superhumps Occurred During the Standstill of a Z Cam-type Dwarf Nova
Qi-Bin Sun, Sheng-Bang Qian, Li-Ying Zhu +4
Dwarf novae are semi-detached binaries, where a white dwarf accretes material from a cool main-sequence companion via an accretion disk, and are known for their intermittent outbur…
New pulsating stars detected in EA-type eclipsing binary systems based on TESS data
Xiang-Dong Shi, Sheng-Bang Qian, Lin-Jia Li
Pulsating stars in eclipsing binaries are very important to understand stellar interior structures through astroseismology because their absolute parameters such as the masses and…
Decoding the Future of Exoplanets: Asteroseismic Confirmation of Subgiant and Red Giant Hosts
Wen-Xu Lin, Sheng-Bang Qian, Li-Ying Zhu +5
Asteroseismology has emerged as a powerful tool to unravel the intricate relationships between evolved stars and their planetary systems. In this study, we leverage this technique…
CZ Aqr: an oscillating eclipsing Algol-type system composed of a Sct primary star and a subgiant star in a quadruple system
Qi-Huan Zeng, Wen-Ping Liao, Sheng-Bang Qian +3
Eclipsing Algol-type systems containing a Scuti (hereafter Sct) star enable precise determination of physical parameters and the investigation of stellar internal structure…
Evolutionary states and triplicity of four massive semi-detached binaries with long-term decreasing orbital periods in the LMC
Fu-Xing Li, Sheng-Bang Qian, Li-ying Zhu +6
The massive semi-detached binary with a long-term decreasing orbital period may involve a rapid mass-transfer phase in Case A, and thus they are good astrophysical laboratories for…