A possible relation between the period change and the mass ratio for W-type contact binaries
- S. Qian
- Physics
- 1 December 2001
Orbital period changes of eight W-type contact binaries (TY Boo, BH Cas, AD Cnc, TX Cnc, RZ Com, LS Del, BB Peg and AA UMa) are presented based on the analysis of their O-C curves. It is found that…
DETECTION OF A GIANT EXTRASOLAR PLANET ORBITING THE ECLIPSING POLAR DP LEO
DP Leo is the first discovered eclipsing polar with a short period of 1.4967 hours. The period variation of the eclipsing binary was analyzed by using five new determined eclipse times together with…
A giant planet in orbit around a magnetic-braking hibernating cataclysmic variable
Detections of Jupiter-like giant planets in orbit around short-period white dwarf binaries should provide insight into the formation and evolution of circumbinary planets (planets orbiting both…
Deep, Low Mass Ratio Overcontact Binary Systems. V. The Lowest Mass Ratio Binary V857 Herculis
- S. Qian, L.-Y. Zhu, B. Soonthornthum, J. Yuan, Y.-G. Yang, J.-J. He
- Physics
- 1 September 2005
Charge-coupled device (CCD) photometric light curves in the B, V, and R bands of the complete eclipsing binary star V857 Her are presented. It is shown that the light curves of the W UMa–type binary…
Detection of a planetary system orbiting the eclipsing polar HU Aqr
Using the precise times of mid-egress of the eclipsing polar HU Aqr, we discovered that this polar is orbited by two or more giant planets. The two planets detected so far have masses of at least 5.9…
Orbital period changes of contact binary systems: direct evidence for thermal relaxation oscillation theory
- S. Qian
- Physics
- 1 December 2001
Orbital period changes of ten contact binary systems (S Ant, epsilon CrA, EF Dra, UZ Leo, XZ Leo, TY Men, V566 Oph, TY Pup, RZ Tau and AG Vir) are studied based on the analysis of their O-C curves.…
CIRCUMBINARY PLANETS ORBITING THE RAPIDLY PULSATING SUBDWARF B-TYPE BINARY NY Vir
- S. Qian, L.-Y. Zhu, Z.-B. Dai, E. Fernández-Lajús, F. Xiang, J.-J. He
- Physics, Geology
- 19 December 2011
We report here the tentative discovery of a Jovian planet in orbit around the rapidly pulsating subdwarf B-type (sdB-type) eclipsing binary NY Vir. By using newly determined eclipse times together…
DETECTION OF A TERTIARY BROWN DWARF COMPANION IN THE sdB-TYPE ECLIPSING BINARY HS 0705+6700
- S. Qian, L.-Y. Zhu, J. Kreiner
- Physics, Geology
- 7 March 2009
HS 0705+6700 is a short-period (P = 2.3 hr), close binary containing a hot sdB-type primary and a fully convective secondary. We have monitored this eclipsing binary for more than two years and as a…
A SUBSTELLAR COMPANION TO THE WHITE DWARF–RED DWARF ECLIPSING BINARY NN Ser
NN Ser is a short-period (P = 3.12 hr) close binary containing a very hot white dwarf primary with a mass of 0.535 M☉ and a fully convective secondary with a mass of 0.111 M☉. The changes in the…
Are overcontact binaries undergoing thermal relaxation oscillation with variable angular momentum loss
- S. Qian
- Physics
- 11 July 2003
Orbital period variations of five W-type overcontact binaries, GW Cep, VY Cet, V700 Cyg, EM Lac and AW Vir, are presented based on the analysis of all available times of light minimum. It is…
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