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Period Changes and Mass Loss Rates in 34 RS CVn-Type Binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Douglas S. Hall
Affiliation:
Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences
Jerzy M. Kreiner
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Silesian University, Katowice
Steven N. Shore
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, Columbia University

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We have collected all available times of minimum, over 1650, for 23 regular, 7 short-period, and 4 long-period eclipsing RS CVn binaries using the card catalogues at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute and the Krakow Astronomical Observatory, as well as unpublished data. We examined them critically, discarded those grossly in error, and assigned weights. For AD Cap, RV Lib, and ε UMi there are virtually no data. For the remaining 31 we determined quadratic ephemerides by weighted least squares. Values of d1nP/dt are given in the Table with their errors. Roughly 2/3 are variable at greater than the 2 σ level. Significant decreases outnumber significant increases by almost 2:1. We show that light curve asymmetry produced by the distortion wave probably accounts for the relatively small, rapid fluctuations in the O-C curve but not the long-term period changes.

Type
VII. The RS Canum Venaticorum Stars
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980