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Eclipsing Binary Stars from Space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2007

Hans Bruntt  and
John Southworth
Hans Bruntt
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia email: hans@bruntt.dk
John Southworth
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Warwick, UK email: jkt@astro.keele.ac.uk
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Abstract

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We have begun a programme to obtain high-precision photometry of bright detached eclipsing binary (dEB) stars with the Wide-field InfraRed Explorer (WIRE) satellite (Bruntt & Buzasi 2006). Due to the small aperture of WIRE, only stars brighter than V = 6 can be observed. We are collecting data for about a dozen dEB targets and here we present preliminary results for three of them. We have chosen dEBs with primary components of B and early A type. One of our aims is to combine the information from the light curve analyses of the eclipses with asteroseismic information from analysis of the pulsation of the primary component.

Keywords

stars: binaries: eclipsingstars: variables: otherstars: fundamental parameters
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S240: Binary Stars as Critical Tools & Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics , August 2006 , pp. 624 - 627
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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