The Low Mass Ratio Overcontact Binary GV Leonis and Its Circumbinary Companion
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| author | Lee, Jae Woo Park, Jang-Ho Song, Mi-Hwa Jeong, Min-Ji Kim, Chun-Hwey |
| author_facet | Lee, Jae Woo Park, Jang-Ho Song, Mi-Hwa Jeong, Min-Ji Kim, Chun-Hwey |
| contents | Photometric and spectroscopic observations of GV Leo were performed from 2017 to 2024. The light curves show a flat bottom at the primary eclipse and the conventional O'Connell effect. The echelle spectra reveal that the effective temperature and rotation velocity of the more massive secondary are $T_{\rm eff,2}$ = 5220$\pm$120 K and $v_2 \sin i$ = 223$\pm$40 km s$^{-1}$, respectively. Our binary modeling indicates that the program target is a W-subclass contact binary with a mass ratio of $q$ = 5.48, an inclination angle of $i$ = 81$^\circ$.68, a temperature difference of ($T_{\rm eff,1}-T_{\rm eff,2}$) = 154 K, and a filling factor of $f$ = 36 \%. The light asymmetries were reasonably modeled by a dark starspot on the secondary's photosphere. Including our 26 minimum epochs, 84 times of minimum light were used to investigate the orbital period of the system. We found that the eclipse times of GV Leo have varied by a sinusoid with a period of 14.9 years and a semi-amplitude of 0.0076 days superimposed on a downward parabola. The periodic modulation is interpreted as a light time effect produced by an unseen outer tertiary with a minimum mass of 0.26 M$_\odot$, while the parabolic component is thought to be a combination of mass transfer (secondary to primary) and angular momentum loss driven by magnetic braking. The circumbinary tertiary would have caused the eclipsing pair of GV Leo to evolve into its current short-period contact state by removing angular momentum from the primordial widish binary. |
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| spellingShingle | The Low Mass Ratio Overcontact Binary GV Leonis and Its Circumbinary Companion Lee, Jae Woo Park, Jang-Ho Song, Mi-Hwa Jeong, Min-Ji Kim, Chun-Hwey Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Photometric and spectroscopic observations of GV Leo were performed from 2017 to 2024. The light curves show a flat bottom at the primary eclipse and the conventional O'Connell effect. The echelle spectra reveal that the effective temperature and rotation velocity of the more massive secondary are $T_{\rm eff,2}$ = 5220$\pm$120 K and $v_2 \sin i$ = 223$\pm$40 km s$^{-1}$, respectively. Our binary modeling indicates that the program target is a W-subclass contact binary with a mass ratio of $q$ = 5.48, an inclination angle of $i$ = 81$^\circ$.68, a temperature difference of ($T_{\rm eff,1}-T_{\rm eff,2}$) = 154 K, and a filling factor of $f$ = 36 \%. The light asymmetries were reasonably modeled by a dark starspot on the secondary's photosphere. Including our 26 minimum epochs, 84 times of minimum light were used to investigate the orbital period of the system. We found that the eclipse times of GV Leo have varied by a sinusoid with a period of 14.9 years and a semi-amplitude of 0.0076 days superimposed on a downward parabola. The periodic modulation is interpreted as a light time effect produced by an unseen outer tertiary with a minimum mass of 0.26 M$_\odot$, while the parabolic component is thought to be a combination of mass transfer (secondary to primary) and angular momentum loss driven by magnetic braking. The circumbinary tertiary would have caused the eclipsing pair of GV Leo to evolve into its current short-period contact state by removing angular momentum from the primordial widish binary. |
| title | The Low Mass Ratio Overcontact Binary GV Leonis and Its Circumbinary Companion |
| topic | Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.09747 |