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Chemical evolution of high-mass stars in close binaries. I. The eclipsing binary V453 Cygni
K. Pavlovski, J. Southworth
The eclipsing and double-lined spectroscopic binary system V453 Cygni consists of two early B-type stars, one of which is nearing the terminal age main sequence and one which is ro…
Homogeneous studies of transiting extrasolar planets. II. Physical properties
John Southworth
I present an homogeneous determination of the physical properties of 14 transiting extrasolar planetary systems for which good data are available. The input quantities for each sys…
The fainter the better: cataclysmic variable stars from the SDSS
John Southworth, B T Gaensicke, T R Marsh
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has identified a total of 212 cataclysmic variables, most of which are fainter than 18th magnitude. This is the deepest and most populous homogeneous s…
Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS. V. VLT, NTT and Magellan observations of nine equatorial systems
John Southworth, B T Gaensicke, T R Marsh +6
We present VLT and Magellan spectroscopy and NTT photometry of nine faint cataclysmic variables (CVs) which were spectroscopically identified by the SDSS. We measure orbital period…
Absolute dimensions of eclipsing binaries. XXVI. Setting a new standard: Masses, radii, and abundances for the F-type systems AD Bootis, VZ Hydrae, and WZ Ophiuchi
J. V. Clausen, G. Torres, H. Bruntt +5
We determine absolute dimensions and abundances for the three F-type main-sequence detached eclipsing binaries AD Boo, VZ Hya, and WZ Oph and perform a detailed comparison with res…
On the evolutionary status of short period cataclysmic variables
S. P. Littlefair, V. S. Dhillon, T. R. Marsh +5
(Abridged) We present high-speed, three-colour photometry of seven short period (Porb <= 95 mins) eclipsing CVs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We determine the system parameter…
Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS. IV. SDSS J220553.98+115553.7 has stopped pulsating
John Southworth, D W Townsley, B T Gaensicke
We present time-series VLT spectroscopy and NTT photometry of the cataclysmic variable SDSS J220553.98+115553.7, which contains a pulsating white dwarf. We determine a spectroscopi…
Homogeneous studies of transiting extrasolar planets. I. Light curve analyses
John Southworth
I present an homogeneous analysis of the transit light curves of 14 well-observed transiting extrasolar planets. The light curves are modelled using JKTEBOP, random errors are meas…
A new level of photometric precision: WIRE observations of eclipsing binary stars
Hans Bruntt, John Southworth
The WIRE satellite was launched in March 1999 and was the first space mission to do asteroseismology from space on a large number of stars. WIRE has produced very high-precision ph…
Metal-rich debris discs around white dwarfs
B. T. Gaensicke, T. R. Marsh, J. Southworth +1
We have identified two moderately hot (~18000-22000K) white dwarfs, SDSSJ1228+1040 and SDSSJ1043+0855, which exhibit double-peaked emission lines in the CaII 8600A triplet. These l…
Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS. II. Measurements for six objects, including two eclipsing systems
John Southworth, T. R. Marsh, B. T. Gaensicke +4
Continuing our work from Paper I (Southworth et al., 2006) we present medium-resolution spectroscopy and broad-band photometry of seven cataclysmic variables (CVs) discovered by th…
The ultra-compact binary candidate KUV 23182+1007 is a bright quasar
John Southworth, A. Schwope, B. T. Gaensicke +1
KUV 23182+1007 was identified as a blue object in the Kiso UV Survey in the 1980s. Classification-dispersion spectroscopy showed a featureless continuum except for a strong emissio…
A method for the direct determination of the surface gravities of transiting extrasolar planets
John Southworth, Peter J. Wheatley, Giles Sams
We show that the surface gravity of a transiting extrasolar planet can be calculated from only the spectroscopic orbit of its parent star and the analysis of its transit light curv…
SDSS J233325.92+152222.1 and the evolution of intermediate polars
John Southworth, B. T. Gaensicke, T. R. Marsh +2
Intermediate polars (IPs) are cataclysmic variables which contain magnetic white dwarfs with a rotational period shorter than the binary orbital period. Evolutionary theory predict…
Eclipsing binaries observed with the WIRE satellite. II. beta Aurigae and non-linear limb darkening in light curves
John Southworth, Hans Bruntt, Derek L. Buzasi
We present the most precise light curve ever obtained of a detached eclipsing binary star and use it investigate the inclusion of non-linear limb darkening laws in eclipsing binary…
A brown dwarf mass donor in an accreting binary
S. P. Littlefair, V. S. Dhillon, T. R. Marsh +3
A long standing and unverified prediction of binary star evolution theory is the existence of a population of white dwarfs accreting from sub-stellar donor stars. Such systems ough…
Eclipsing Binaries in Open Clusters
John Southworth
Detached eclipsing binaries are very useful objects for calibrating theoretical stellar models and checking their predictions. Detached eclipsing binaries in open clusters are part…
Testing convection in stellar models using detached eclipsing binaries
John Southworth, Hans Bruntt
The fundamental properties of detached eclipsing binary stars can be measured very accurately, which could make them important objects for constraining the treatment of convection…
Eclipsing Binary Stars from Space
H. Bruntt, J. Southworth
We have begun a programme to obtain high-precision photometry of bright detached eclipsing binary (dEB) stars with the Wide field InfraRed Explorer (WIRE) satellite. Due to the sma…
Absolute dimensions of eclipsing binaries. XXIV. The Be star system DW Carinae, a member of the open cluster Collinder 228
John Southworth, J. V. Clausen
DW Carinae is a close but detached early B-type eclipsing binary in the young open cluster Cr 228. We have measured accurate physical properties of its components (masses and radii…
VLT/FORS spectroscopy of faint cataclysmic variables discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
John Southworth, B. T. Gaensicke, T. R. Marsh +5
We present medium-resolution VLT/FORS2 spectroscopy of six cataclysmic variables discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We determine orbital periods for SDSS J023322.61+005059…
Eclipsing Binary Stars in Open Clusters
John Southworth, J V Clausen
The study of detached eclipsing binaries in open clusters can provide stringent tests of theoretical stellar evolutionary models, which must simultaneously fit the masses, radii, a…
Eclipsing binaries observed with the WIRE satellite I. Discovery and photometric analysis of the new bright A0IV eclipsing binary Psi Centauri
H. Bruntt, J. Southworth, G. Torres +3
Determinations of stellar mass and radius with realistic uncertainties at the level of 1% provide important constraints on models of stellar structure and evolution. We present a h…
Absolute dimensions of detached eclipsing binaries. I. The metallic-lined system WW Aurigae
John Southworth, B Smalley, P F L Maxted +2
WW Aurigae is a detached eclipsing binary composed of two metallic-lined A-type stars orbiting each other every 2.5 days. We have determined the masses and radii of both components…