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Long Secondary Periods and Binarity in Red Giant Stars | | I. Soszynski
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16 Jan 2007 | | Abstract: | Observational arguments supporting the binary explanation of the long secondary periods (LSP) phenomenon in red giants are presented. Photometry of about 1200 semiregular variables with the LSP in the Large Magellanic Cloud are analyzed using the MACHO and OGLE photometry. For about 5% of these objects additional ellipsoidal-like or eclipsing-like modulation with the same periods as the LSP is detectable. These double-humped variations are usually shifted in phase comparing to the LSP light curves. I discuss the model of binary system with a red giant as the primary component and a low-mass object as the secondary one. The mass lost by the red giant through the wind follows the spiral pattern in the orbit around the primary star and obscures it causing the LSP variations. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0701463 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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