Is the Algol-type eclipsing binary RX geminorum a true triple system?
An analysis of the times of minimum light for the long-period Algol-type eclipsing binary RX Gem is presented based on a new linear ephemeris. The O - C curve shows a cyclic oscillation with a period of 55.7 yr and a semiamplitude of 0.0645 day. Assuming the change to be due to the presence of a &qu...
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th-cmuir.6653943832-51742014-08-30T02:56:14Z Is the Algol-type eclipsing binary RX geminorum a true triple system? Qian S. Liu D. Tan W. Soonthornthum B. An analysis of the times of minimum light for the long-period Algol-type eclipsing binary RX Gem is presented based on a new linear ephemeris. The O - C curve shows a cyclic oscillation with a period of 55.7 yr and a semiamplitude of 0.0645 day. Assuming the change to be due to the presence of a "third body" revolving around the RX Gem system, the parameters of the third body's orbit are derived. Since the third-body assumption is in good agreement with the spectroscopic data from several authors and with published photometric solutions (Gaposchkin, Hall, & Walter; Giuricin et al.), RX Gem is likely to be a triple system. In this case, the third body is an A-type star in a circular orbit, which is nearly coplanar to the orbit of the eclipsing pair. However, the recent light-curve analysis by Olson & Etzel does not show any third light, so the third star (M3 > 2.41 M⊙) may be an unseen neutron star or black hole. Additional eclipse timings over the next decade will be important to verify the presence of the third body. 2014-08-30T02:56:14Z 2014-08-30T02:56:14Z 2002 Article 00046280 10.1086/341703 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0042668522&partnerID=40&md5=5eabb07a50efeb6807b0837c4774728d http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/5174 English |
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An analysis of the times of minimum light for the long-period Algol-type eclipsing binary RX Gem is presented based on a new linear ephemeris. The O - C curve shows a cyclic oscillation with a period of 55.7 yr and a semiamplitude of 0.0645 day. Assuming the change to be due to the presence of a "third body" revolving around the RX Gem system, the parameters of the third body's orbit are derived. Since the third-body assumption is in good agreement with the spectroscopic data from several authors and with published photometric solutions (Gaposchkin, Hall, & Walter; Giuricin et al.), RX Gem is likely to be a triple system. In this case, the third body is an A-type star in a circular orbit, which is nearly coplanar to the orbit of the eclipsing pair. However, the recent light-curve analysis by Olson & Etzel does not show any third light, so the third star (M3 > 2.41 M⊙) may be an unseen neutron star or black hole. Additional eclipse timings over the next decade will be important to verify the presence of the third body. |
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