Published August 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Masses and radii for thirteen chromospherically active ellipsoidal variables

Creators

  • 1. Tennessee State Univ., Nashville (USA)

Description

The amplitude of the ellipticity effect, the mass function, and the V sin i in ten long-period RS CVn SB1 binaries are used to compute limits on the masses of the two stars and the radius of the primary: zeta And, UV CrB, V1764 Cyg, V826 Her, V350 Lac, GX Lib, V1197 Ori, AP Psc, 33 Psc, and EE UMa. Explicit masses and radii are computed for three SB2 systems: BL CVn, V1817 Cyg, and TZ Tri. The primary in several is found to fill 95 percent or more of its Roche lobe. The two minima produced by the ellipticity effect are unequal in depth, with the effect largest when i is near 90 deg and the primary nearly fills its Roche lobe. The greatest inequality found, in UV CrB, was 0.08 mag. 31 refs

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Journal Title
Astronomical Journal
Journal Volume
100
Series
Astron. J.
Journal Page Range
554-558
ISSN
0004-6256
CODEN
ANJOA

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