2016A&A...587A..54N -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 587A, 54-54 (2016/3-1)
SuperWASP discovery and SALT confirmation of a semi-detached eclipsing binary that contains a δ Scuti star.
NORTON A.J., LOHR M.E., SMALLEY B., WHEATLEY P.J. and WEST R.G.
Abstract (from CDS):
We searched the SuperWASP archive for objects that display multiply periodic photometric variations. Specifically we sought evidence for eclipsing binary stars that display a further non-harmonically related signal in their power spectra. The object
1SWASP J050634.16-353648.4 has been identified as a relatively bright (V∼11.5) semi-detached eclipsing binary with a 5.104d orbital period that displays coherent pulsations with a semi-amplitude of 65mmag at a frequency of 13.45d
–1. Follow-up radial velocity spectroscopy with the Southern African Large Telescope confirmed the binary nature of the system. Using the phoebe code to model the radial velocity curve with the SuperWASP photometry enabled parameters of both stellar components to be determined. This yielded a primary (pulsating) star with a mass of 1.73±0.11M
☉ and a radius of 2.41±0.06R
☉, as well as a Roche-lobe filling secondary star with a mass of 0.41±0.03M
☉ and a radius of 4.21±0.11R
☉.
1SWASP J050634.16-353648.4 is therefore a bright δ Sct pulsator in a semi-detached eclipsing binary with one of the largest pulsation amplitudes of any such system known. The pulsation constant indicates that the mode is likely a first overtone radial pulsation.
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Journal keyword(s):
binaries: eclipsing - stars: variables: delta Scuti
Simbad objects:
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