KM UMa: An active short-period detached eclipsing binary in a hierarchical quadruple system

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Hauptverfasser: Meng, Fangbin, Zhu, Liying, Liu, Nianping, Li, Ping, Zhang, Jia, Li, Linjia, Matekov, Azizbek
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author Meng, Fangbin
Zhu, Liying
Liu, Nianping
Li, Ping
Zhang, Jia
Li, Linjia
Matekov, Azizbek
author_facet Meng, Fangbin
Zhu, Liying
Liu, Nianping
Li, Ping
Zhang, Jia
Li, Linjia
Matekov, Azizbek
contents The first detailed photometric and spectroscopic analysis of the G-type eclipsing binary KM UMa is presented, which indicates that the system is a short-period detached eclipsing binary. The radial velocity curves were calculated using the cross-correlation function method based on Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and our observations, which determined the mass ratio as $q=0.45\ (\pm0.04)$. Based on the light curves from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, other survey data, and our multiband observations, the positive and negative O'Connell effects have been detected evolving gradually and alternately over the last 20 yr, which can be explained by the presence of spots on the primary component. A superflare event was detected in the SuperWASP data on 2007 February 28, further indicating that KM UMa is a very active system. We calculated its energy to be $5\times10^{34}$ erg by assuming it occurred on the primary star. Utilizing hundreds of medium-resolution spectra and one low-resolution spectrum, the equivalent width variations of the $H_α$ line were calculated, indicating the presence of a 5.21 ($\pm0.67$) yr magnetic activity cycle. The orbital period variations were analyzed using the O-C method, detecting a long-term decrease superimposed with a periodic variation. The amplitude of the cyclic variation is $0.01124\ (\pm0.00004)$ day, with a period of $33.66\ (\pm 0.0012)$ yr, which exceeds the 5.21 yr activity cycle, suggesting that this is more likely attributable to the light travel time effect of a third body. Simultaneously, a visual companion has been detected based on the Gaia astrometric data, indicating that KM UMa is actually in a 2+1+1 hierarchical quadruple system.
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spellingShingle KM UMa: An active short-period detached eclipsing binary in a hierarchical quadruple system
Meng, Fangbin
Zhu, Liying
Liu, Nianping
Li, Ping
Zhang, Jia
Li, Linjia
Matekov, Azizbek
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
The first detailed photometric and spectroscopic analysis of the G-type eclipsing binary KM UMa is presented, which indicates that the system is a short-period detached eclipsing binary. The radial velocity curves were calculated using the cross-correlation function method based on Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and our observations, which determined the mass ratio as $q=0.45\ (\pm0.04)$. Based on the light curves from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, other survey data, and our multiband observations, the positive and negative O'Connell effects have been detected evolving gradually and alternately over the last 20 yr, which can be explained by the presence of spots on the primary component. A superflare event was detected in the SuperWASP data on 2007 February 28, further indicating that KM UMa is a very active system. We calculated its energy to be $5\times10^{34}$ erg by assuming it occurred on the primary star. Utilizing hundreds of medium-resolution spectra and one low-resolution spectrum, the equivalent width variations of the $H_α$ line were calculated, indicating the presence of a 5.21 ($\pm0.67$) yr magnetic activity cycle. The orbital period variations were analyzed using the O-C method, detecting a long-term decrease superimposed with a periodic variation. The amplitude of the cyclic variation is $0.01124\ (\pm0.00004)$ day, with a period of $33.66\ (\pm 0.0012)$ yr, which exceeds the 5.21 yr activity cycle, suggesting that this is more likely attributable to the light travel time effect of a third body. Simultaneously, a visual companion has been detected based on the Gaia astrometric data, indicating that KM UMa is actually in a 2+1+1 hierarchical quadruple system.
title KM UMa: An active short-period detached eclipsing binary in a hierarchical quadruple system
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.06994