LP 133-373: A New Chromospherically Active Eclipsing dMe Binary with a Distant, Cool White Dwarf Companion

Todd R. Vaccaro; A. Kawka; T. D. Oswalt; I. Silver; M. Wood; J. Allyn Smith

LP 133-373: A New Chromospherically Active Eclipsing dMe Binary with a Distant, Cool White Dwarf Companion

Todd R. Vaccaro, A. Kawka, T. D. Oswalt, I. Silver, M. Wood, J. Allyn Smith

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Abstract

We report the discovery of the partially eclipsing binary LP 133-373. Nearly identical eclipses along with observed photometric colors and spectroscopy indicate that it is a pair of chromospherically active dM4 stars in a circular 1.6 day orbit. Light and velocity curve modeling to our differential photometry and velocity data show that each star has a mass and radius of 0.340+/-0.014 M _solar and 0.33+/-0.02 R _solar . The binary is itself part of a common proper motion pair with LP 133-374, a cool DC or possible DA white dwarf with a mass of 0.49-0.82 M _solar , which would make the system at least 3 Gyr old

Original language	American English
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
State	Published - Jun 1 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

binaries: eclipsing
stars: activity
white dwarfs

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Astrophysics and Astronomy
Stars, Interstellar Medium and the Galaxy

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LP 133-373: A New Chromospherically Active Eclipsing dMe Binary with a Distant, Cool White Dwarf Companion

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