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A systematic search for double eclipsing binaries in Zwicky Transient Facility data
T. Vaessen, J. van Roestel
Context. Double eclipsing binaries are gravitationally bound quadruple systems in a 2+2 configuration where both of the binaries are eclipsing. These systems are interesting object…
OGLE-BLAP-009 -- A Case Study for the Properties and Evolution of Blue Large-Amplitude Pulsators
Corey W. Bradshaw, Matti Dorsch, Thomas Kupfer +5
Blue large-amplitude pulsators (BLAPs) make up a rare class of hot pulsating stars with effective temperatures of 30,000 K and surface gravities of 4.0 - 5.0 dex (cgs). Th…
Period bouncers as detached magnetic cataclysmic variables
Matthias R. Schreiber, Diogo Belloni, Jan van Roestel
The general prediction that more than half of all CVs have evolved past the period minimum is in strong disagreement with observational surveys, which show that the relative number…
RNO 54: A Previously Unappreciated FU Ori Star
Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Adolfo Carvalho, Jan van Roestel +1
We present evidence in support of the hypothesis that the young stellar object RNO 54 is a mature-stage FU Ori type source. The star was first cataloged as a ``red nebulous object"…
An Extremely Massive White Dwarf Escaped From the Hyades Star Cluster
David R. Miller, Ilaria Caiazzo, Jeremy Heyl +5
We searched the Gaia DR3 database for ultramassive white dwarfs with kinematics consistent with having escaped the nearby Hyades open cluster, identifying three such candidates. Tw…
An Optically-Discovered Outburst from XTE J1859+226
Eric C. Bellm, Yuankun Wang, Jan van Roestel +13
Using the Zwicky Transient Facility, in 2021 February we identified the first known outburst of the Black Hole X-ray Transient XTE J1859+226 since its discovery in 1999. The outbur…
A transiting brown dwarf in a 2 hour orbit
Kareem El-Badry, Kevin B. Burdge, Jan van Roestel +1
We report the discovery of ZTF J2020+5033, a high-mass brown dwarf (BD) transiting a low-mass star with an orbital period of 1.90 hours. Phase-resolved spectroscopy, optical and in…
SRGeJ045359.9+622444: A 55-min Period Eclipsing AM CVn Discovered from a Joint SRG/eROSITA + ZTF Search
Antonio C. Rodriguez, Ilkham Galiullin, Marat Gilfanov +24
AM CVn systems are ultra-compact binaries where a white dwarf accretes from a helium-rich degenerate or semi-degenerate donor. Some AM CVn systems will be among the loudest sources…
Spectroscopic follow-up of black hole and neutron star candidates in ellipsoidal variables from Gaia DR3
Pranav Nagarajan, Kareem El-Badry, Antonio C. Rodriguez +2
We present multi-epoch spectroscopic follow-up of a sample of ellipsoidal variables selected from Gaia DR3 as candidates for hosting quiescent black holes (BHs) and neutron stars (…
Orbital decay in an accreting and eclipsing 13.7 minute orbital period binary with a luminous donor
Kevin B. Burdge, Kareem El-Badry, Saul Rappaport +24
We report the discovery of ZTF J0127+5258, a compact mass-transferring binary with an orbital period of 13.7 minutes. The system contains a white dwarf accretor, which likely origi…
Photometric follow-up of 43 new eclipsing white dwarf plus main-sequence binaries from the ZTF survey
Alex J. Brown, Steven G. Parsons, Jan van Roestel +12
Wide-field time-domain photometric sky surveys are now finding hundreds of eclipsing white dwarf plus M dwarf binaries, a population encompassing a wealth of information and potent…
Keck, Gemini, and Palomar 200-inch visible photometry of red and very-red Neptunian Trojans
B. T. Bolin, C. Fremling, A. Morbidelli +9
Neptunian Trojans (NTs), trans-Neptunian objects in 1:1 mean-motion resonance with Neptune, are generally thought to have been captured from the original trans-Neptunian protoplane…
Strongly magnetized accretion in two ultracompact binary systems
Thomas J. Maccarone, Thomas Kupfer, Edgar Najera Casarrubias +5
We present the discoveries of two of AM CVn systems, Gaia14aae and SDSS~J080449.49+161624.8, which show X-ray pulsations at their orbital periods, indicative of magnetically collim…
Collapsars as Sites of r-process Nucleosynthesis: Systematic Near-Infrared Follow-up of Type Ic-BL Supernovae
Shreya Anand, Jennifer Barnes, Sheng Yang +41
One of the open questions following the discovery of GW170817 is whether neutron star mergers are the only astrophysical sites capable of producing -process elements. Simulation…