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Title: TIDALLY INDUCED PULSATIONS IN KEPLER ECLIPSING BINARY KIC 3230227

Abstract

KIC 3230227 is a short period (P  ≈ 7.0 days) eclipsing binary with a very eccentric orbit ( e  = 0.6). From combined analysis of radial velocities and Kepler light curves, this system is found to be composed of two A-type stars, with masses of M {sub 1} = 1.84 ± 0.18  M {sub ⊙}, M {sub 2} = 1.73 ± 0.17  M {sub ⊙} and radii of R {sub 1} = 2.01 ± 0.09  R {sub ⊙}, R {sub 2} = 1.68 ± 0.08 R {sub ⊙} for the primary and secondary, respectively. In addition to an eclipse, the binary light curve shows a brightening and dimming near periastron, making this a somewhat rare eclipsing heartbeat star system. After removing the binary light curve model, more than 10 pulsational frequencies are present in the Fourier spectrum of the residuals, and most of them are integer multiples of the orbital frequency. These pulsations are tidally driven, and both the amplitudes and phases are in agreement with predictions from linear tidal theory for l  = 2, m  = −2 prograde modes.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 5060, Atlanta, GA 30302-5060 (United States)
  2. TAPIR, Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics, Mailcode 350-17, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22661419
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astrophysical Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 834; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; AMPLITUDES; BINARY STARS; DIAGRAMS; ECLIPSE; MASS; ORBITS; PULSATIONS; RADIAL VELOCITY; VISIBLE RADIATION

Citation Formats

Guo, Zhao, Gies, Douglas R., and Fuller, Jim. TIDALLY INDUCED PULSATIONS IN KEPLER ECLIPSING BINARY KIC 3230227. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/834/1/59.
Guo, Zhao, Gies, Douglas R., & Fuller, Jim. TIDALLY INDUCED PULSATIONS IN KEPLER ECLIPSING BINARY KIC 3230227. United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/834/1/59
Guo, Zhao, Gies, Douglas R., and Fuller, Jim. 2017. "TIDALLY INDUCED PULSATIONS IN KEPLER ECLIPSING BINARY KIC 3230227". United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/834/1/59.
@article{osti_22661419,
title = {TIDALLY INDUCED PULSATIONS IN KEPLER ECLIPSING BINARY KIC 3230227},
author = {Guo, Zhao and Gies, Douglas R. and Fuller, Jim},
abstractNote = {KIC 3230227 is a short period (P  ≈ 7.0 days) eclipsing binary with a very eccentric orbit ( e  = 0.6). From combined analysis of radial velocities and Kepler light curves, this system is found to be composed of two A-type stars, with masses of M {sub 1} = 1.84 ± 0.18  M {sub ⊙}, M {sub 2} = 1.73 ± 0.17  M {sub ⊙} and radii of R {sub 1} = 2.01 ± 0.09  R {sub ⊙}, R {sub 2} = 1.68 ± 0.08 R {sub ⊙} for the primary and secondary, respectively. In addition to an eclipse, the binary light curve shows a brightening and dimming near periastron, making this a somewhat rare eclipsing heartbeat star system. After removing the binary light curve model, more than 10 pulsational frequencies are present in the Fourier spectrum of the residuals, and most of them are integer multiples of the orbital frequency. These pulsations are tidally driven, and both the amplitudes and phases are in agreement with predictions from linear tidal theory for l  = 2, m  = −2 prograde modes.},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/834/1/59},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22661419}, journal = {Astrophysical Journal},
issn = {0004-637X},
number = 1,
volume = 834,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}