The Clusters AgeS Experiment (CASE): Variable Stars in the Globular Cluster M4

• Autorzy: Kaluzny J. , Thompson I. B. , Rozyczka M. , Krzeminski W.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Based on over 3000 BV images of M4 collected in years 1995-2009 we obtain light curves of 22 variables, 10 of which are newly detected objects. We identify four detached eclipsing binaries and eight contact binaries. Accurate periods are found for all but two variables. Nineteen variables are proper-motion members of the cluster, and the remaining three are field stars. Five variables are optical counterparts of X-ray sources. For one of the variables unassociated with X-ray sources we report a flare lasting for about 90 min and reaching an amplitude of ΔV=0.11 mag. One of the new contact binaries has a record-low mass ratio q=0.06. Another four such systems show season-to-season luminosity variations probably related to magnetic activity cycles, whose lengths are surprisingly similar to that of the solar cycle despite a huge difference in rotational periods. The location of contact binaries on the color-magnitude diagram of M4 strongly suggests that at least in globular clusters the principal factor enabling EW systems to form from close but detached binaries is stellar evolution. We identify 46 blue and yellow stragglers in M4 and discuss their properties. We also derive a map of the differential extinction in the central part of M4, and determine the reddening of a selected reference region, E(B-V)=0.392 mag.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

globular clusters: individual: M4; blue stragglers; binaries: eclipsing; stars: variables: general

• Wydawca: Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy
• Czasopismo: Acta Astronomica
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: Vol. 63, No. 2
• Strony: 181--201
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 32 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Kaluzny J.

• Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, ul. Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland

autor

Thompson I. B.

• Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101-1292, USA

autor

Rozyczka M.

• Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, ul. Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland

autor

Krzeminski W.

• Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, ul. Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland

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