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astro-ph.SR2023

Solaris photometric survey: Search for circumbinary companions using eclipse timing variations

Ayush Moharana, K. G. Hełminiak, F. Marcadon +8

Eclipse timing variations (ETV) have been a successful tool for detecting circumbinary companions to eclipsing binaries (EB). While TESS and Kepler have been prolific for ETV searc…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 18 cited

The Gaia alerted fading of the FUor-type star Gaia21elv

Zsófia Nagy, Sunkyung Park, Péter Ábrahám +26

FU Orionis objects (FUors) are eruptive young stars, which exhibit outbursts that last from decades to a century. Due to the duration of their outbursts, and to the fact that only…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 4 cited

Strong Variability in AzV 493, an Extreme Oe-Type Star in the SMC

M. S. Oey, N. Castro, M. Renzo +11

We present 18 years of OGLE photometry together with spectra obtained over 12 years, revealing that the early Oe star AzV 493 shows strong photometric (Delta I < 1.2 mag) and spect…

astro-ph.SR2022

New Short-Period Delta Scuti Stars in OGLE-IV Fields toward the Galactic Bulge

P. Pietrukowicz, M. Ratajczak, I. Soszynski +12

We report the classification of 24 puzzling short-period variable stars located in OGLE-IV Galactic bulge fields. The stars are low-amplitude (<0.05 mag) multi-periodic objects wit…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 43 cited

The OGLE Collection of Variable Stars. Nearly 66,000 Mira stars in the Milky Way

Patryk Iwanek, Igor Soszyński, Szymon Kozłowski +12

We present a collection of 65,981 Mira-type variable stars found in the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) project database. Two-thirds of our sample (40,356 objects)…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 14 cited

Orbital and physical parameters of eclipsing binaries from the ASAS catalogue -- XII. A sample of systems with photometry

K. G. Hełminiak, A. Moharana, T. Pawar +10

We present results of the analysis of light and radial velocity (RV) curves of eight detached eclipsing binaries observed by the All-Sky Automated Survey, which we have followed up…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 17 cited

The OGLE Collection of Variable Stars. One Thousand Heartbeat Stars in the Galactic Bulge and Magellanic Clouds

Marcin Wrona, Milena Ratajczak, Piotr A. Kołaczek-Szymański +13

We present a collection of 991 heartbeat star (HBS) candidates found in the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) project data archive. We discuss the selection process o…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 18 cited

Photometric Analysis of the OGLE Heartbeat Stars

Marcin Wrona, Piotr A. Kołaczek-Szymański, Milena Ratajczak +1

We present an analysis of 991 heartbeat stars (HBSs) from the OGLE Collection of Variable Stars (OCVS). The sample consists of 512 objects located toward the Galactic bulge (GB), 4…

astro-ph.SR2021

Tidally excited oscillations in MACHO 80.7443.1718: Changing amplitudes and frequencies, high-frequency tidally excited mode, and a decrease in the orbital period

P. A. Kołaczek-Szymański, A. Pigulski, M. Wrona +2

Eccentric ellipsoidal variables (aka heartbeat stars) is a class of eccentric binaries in which proximity effects, tidal distortion due to time-dependent tidal potential in particu…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 24 cited

Multiwavelength properties of Miras

Patryk Iwanek, Szymon Kozłowski, Mariusz Gromadzki +12

We comprehensively study the variability of Miras in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) by simultaneous analysing light curves in 14 bands in the range of 0.524 microns. We model…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 10 cited

BRITE observations of Centauri and Lupi, the first non-eclipsing members of the new class of nascent binaries

M. Jerzykiewicz, A. Pigulski, G. Michalska +8

Results of an analysis of the BRITE-Constellation and SMEI photometry and radial-velocity observations, archival and new, of two single-lined spectroscopic binary systems Centa…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 47 cited

Binarity as the Origin of Long Secondary Periods in Red Giant Stars

I. Soszyński, A. Olechowska, M. Ratajczak +13

Long secondary periods (LSPs), observed in a third of pulsating red giant stars, are the only unexplained type of large-amplitude stellar variability known at this time. Here we sh…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 11 cited

Orbital and physical parameters of eclipsing binaries from the ASAS catalogue -- XI. CHIRON investigation of long-period binaries

M. Ratajczak, R. K. Pawłaszek, K. G. Hełminiak +8

We present the results of a spectroscopic campaign on eclipsing binaries with long orbital period (P = 20 - 75 d) carried out with the CHIRON spectrograph. Physical and orbital sol…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 9 cited

Analysis of eclipsing binaries in multiple stellar systems: the case of V1200 Centauri

F. Marcadon, K. G. Hełminiak, J. P. Marques +5

We present a new analysis of the multiple star V1200 Centauri based on the most recent observations for this system. We used the photometric observations from the Solaris network a…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 33 cited

HIDES spectroscopy of bright detached eclipsing binaries from the field - III. Spectral analysis, updated parameters, and new systems

K. G. Hełminiak, M. Konacki, H. Maehara +5

We present the latest results of our spectroscopic observations and refined modelling of a sample of detached eclipsing binaries (DEBs), selected from the } Eclipsing Binar…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 15 cited

Orbital and physical parameters of eclipsing binaries from the All-Sky Automated Survey catalogue - X. Three high-contrast systems with secondaries detected with IR spectroscopy

K. G. Hełminiak, A. Tokovinin, E. Niemczura +13

We present results of the combined photometric and spectroscopic analysis of three detached eclipsing binaries, which secondary components are not visible or very hard to identify…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 17 cited

Tracking the spin axes orbital alignment in selected binary systems - Torun Rossiter-McLaughlin effect survey

P. Sybilski, R. K. Pawłaszek, A. Sybilska +4

We have obtained high-resolution spectra of four eclipsing binary systems (FM Leo, NN Del, V963 Cen and AI Phe) with the view to gaining insight into the relative orientation of th…

astro-ph.SR2018

Ori and Lib: Two new massive heartbeat binaries

Andrzej Pigulski, Monika K. Kaminska, Krzysztof Kaminski +28

We report the discovery of two massive eccentric systems with BRITE data, Ori and Lib, showing heartbeat effects close to the periastron passage. Lib exhibits shallow e…

astro-ph.SR2017

Pulsations in close binaries from the BRITE point of view

A. Pigulski, M. Jerzykiewicz, M. Ratajczak +2

Using BRITE photometric data for several close binary systems we address the problem of damping pulsations in close binary systems due to proximity effects. Because of small number…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 29 cited

HIDES spectroscopy of bright detached eclipsing binaries from the field - II. Double- and triple-lined objects

K. G. Hełminiak, N. Ukita, E. Kambe +5

We present the results of our spectroscopic observations of eight detached eclipsing binaries (DEBs), selected from the Eclipsing Binary Catalog. Radial velocities (RVs) w…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 5 cited

Orbital and physical parameters of eclipsing binaries from the ASAS catalogue -- IX. Spotted pairs with red giants

M. Ratajczak, K. G. Hełminiak, M. Konacki +8

We present spectroscopic and photometric solutions for three spotted systems with red giant components. Absolute physical and orbital parameters for these double-lined detached ecl…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 24 cited

HIDES spectroscopy of bright detached eclipsing binaries from the field - I. Single-lined objects

K. G. Hełminiak, N. Ukita, E. Kambe +5

We present results of our spectroscopic observations of nine detached eclipsing binaries (DEBs), selected from the Eclipsing Binary Catalog, that only show one set of spec…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 9 cited

Orbital and physical parameters of eclipsing binaries from the All-Sky Automated Survey catalogue - VII. V1200 Centauri: a bright triple in the Hyades moving group

J. Coronado, K. G. Hełminiak, L. Vanzi +6

We present the orbital and physical parameters of the detached eclipsing binary V1200~Centauri (ASAS~J135218-3837.3) from the analysis of spectroscopic observations and light curve…

astro-ph.SR2014★ 37 cited

Orbital and physical parameters of eclipsing binaries from the ASAS catalogue - VIII. The totally-eclipsing double-giant system HD 187669

K. G. Hełminiak, D. Graczyk, M. Konacki +14

We present the first full orbital and physical analysis of HD 187669, recognized by the All-Sky Automated Survey (ASAS) as the eclipsing binary ASAS J195222-3233.7. We combined mul…