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The New Era of Eclipsing Binary Research with Large Telescopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2007

Ignasi Ribas
Ignasi Ribas*
Affiliation:
Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC–IEEC), Campus UAB, Facultat de Ciències, Torre C5-parell, 2a planta, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain email: iribas@ieec.uab.es
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Abstract

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The advent of larger telescopes and powerful instrumentation enables the exploration of new aspects of faint eclipsing binaries that are just now becoming accessible. An example of this are eclipsing binaries in Local Group galaxies such as the LMC, SMC, M31 and M33, whose study yields not only stellar properties of stars formed in different chemical environments (thus providing useful model tests) but also direct distance determinations to the host galaxies. In general this is also applicable to eclipsing binaries belonging to any stellar ensemble. Another example is the observation and study of eclipsing very-low mass stars, brown dwarfs and planets. Besides the need for large telescopes because of their faintness, these also benefit from improved observational capabilities in the infrared spectral windows. Here we discuss the prospects for eclipsing binary research using photometry and spectroscopy from large telescopes.

Keywords

binaries: eclipsing – stars: distances – stars: low-massbrown dwarfs – stars: magnetic fields – distance scale
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Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S240: Binary Stars as Critical Tools & Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics , August 2006 , pp. 69 - 78
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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