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Ultra-Short-Period Binary Systems in the OGLE Fields Toward the Galactic Bulge

Soszyński I., Stępień K., Pilecki B., Mróz P., Udalski A., Szymański M. K., Pietrzyński G., Wyrzykowski Ł., Ulaczyk K., Poleski R., Kozłowski S., Pietrukowicz P., Skowron J., Pawlak M.

Acta Astronomica

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2015

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Vol. 65, No. 1

39--62

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We present a sample of 242 ultra-short-period (Porb <0.22 d) eclipsing and ellipsoidal binary stars identified in the OGLE fields toward the Galactic bulge. Based on the light curve morphology, we divide the sample into candidates for contact binaries and non-contact binaries. In the latter group we distinguish binary systems consisting of a cool main-sequence star and a B-type subdwarf (HW Vir stars) and candidates for cataclysmic variables, including five eclipsing dwarf novae. One of the detected eclipsing binary systems - OGLE-BLG-ECL-000066 - with the orbital period below 0.1 d, likely consists of M dwarfs in a nearly contact configuration. If confirmed, this would be the shortest-period M-dwarf binary system currently known. We discuss possible evolutionary mechanisms that could lead to the orbital period below 0.1 d in an M-dwarf binary.

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The OGLE Collection of Variable Stars. Classical Cepheids in the Magellanic System

Soszyński I., Udalski A., Szymański M. K., Skowron D., Pietrzyński G., Poleski R., Pietrukowicz P., Skowron J., Mróz P., Kozłowski S., Wyrzykowski Ł., Ulaczyk K., Pawlak M.

Acta Astronomica

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2015

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Vol. 65, No. 4

297--312

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We present here a nearly complete census of classical Cepheids in the Magellanic System. The sample extends the set of Cepheids published in the past by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) to the outer regions of the Large (LMC) and Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The entire collection consists of 9535 Cepheids of which 4620 belong to the LMC and 4915 are members of the SMC. We provide the I- and V-band time-series photometry of the published Cepheids, their finding charts, and basic observational parameters. Based on this unique OGLE sample of Cepheids we present updated period-luminosity relations for fundamental, first, and second mode of pulsations in the I- and V-bands and for the WI extinction-free Wesenheit index. We also show the distribution of classical Cepheids in the Magellanic System. The OGLE collection contains several classical Cepheids in the Magellanic Bridge - the region of interaction between the Magellanic Clouds. The discovery of classical Cepheids and their estimated ages confirm the presence of young stellar population between these galaxies.

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The OGLE Collection of Variable Stars. Anomalous Cepheids in the Magellanic Clouds

Soszyński I., Udalski A., Szymański M. K., Pietrzyński G., Wyrzykowski Ł., Ulaczyk K., Poleski R., Pietrukowicz P., Kozłowski S., Skowron J., Skowron D., Mróz P., Pawlak M.

Acta Astronomica

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2015

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Vol. 65, No. 3

233--250

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We present a collection of 250 anomalous Cepheids (ACs) discovered in the OGLE-IV fields toward the Large (LMC) and Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The LMC sample is an extension of the OGLE-III Catalog of ACs published in 2008, while the SMC sample contains the first known bona fide ACs in this galaxy. The total sample is composed of 141 ACs in the LMC and 109 ACs in the SMC. All these stars pulsate in single modes: fundamental (174 objects) or first overtone (76 objects). Additionally, we report the discovery of four ACs located in the foreground of the Magellanic Clouds. These are the first unambiguously identified fundamental-mode ACs known in the Galactic field. We demonstrate that the coefficients φ21 and φ31 determined by the Fourier light curve decomposition are useful discriminators between classical Cepheids and ACs, at least in the LMC and in the field of the Milky Way. In the SMC, the light curve shapes and mean magnitudes of short-period classical Cepheids make them similar to ACs, which is a source of difficulties in the discrimination of both classes of pulsators. The presence of unidentified ACs in the catalogs of classical Cepheids may be partly responsible for the observed non-linearity of the period--luminosity relation observed for short-period Cepheids in the SMC. We compare spatial distributions of ACs, classical Cepheids and RR Lyr stars. We show that the distribution of ACs resembles that of old stars (RR Lyr variables), although in the LMC there are visible structures typical for young population (classical Cepheids): the bar and spiral arms. This may suggest that ACs are a mixture of relatively young stars and mergers of very old stars.

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Multi-Mode and Non-Standard Classical Cepheids in the Magellanic System

Soszyński I., Udalski A., Szymański M. K., Poleski R., Pietrukowicz P., Kozłowski S., Mróz P., Wyrzykowski Ł., Skowron D., Skowron J., Pietrzyński G., Ulaczyk K., Pawlak M.

Acta Astronomica

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2015

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Vol. 65, No. 4

329--339

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We present a sample of the most interesting classical Cepheids selected from the OGLE collection of classical Cepheids in the Magellanic System. The main selection criterion for this sample was the presence of non-standard, unique pulsational properties. The sample contains the first known double-mode Cepheid pulsating in the second- and third-overtone modes and a large number of objects with non-radial modes excited. We also found Cepheids revealing Blazhko-like light curve modulation, objects ceasing pulsations or showing atypical shapes of their light curves. Additionally, the status of several triple mode classical Cepheids is updated based on OGLE-IV photometry extending the time baseline to 15 years.

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Eclipsing Binaries with Classical Cepheid Component in the Magellanic System

Udalski A., Soszyński I., Szymański M. K., Pietrzyński G., Poleski R., Pietrukowicz P., Kozłowski S., Mróz P., Skowron D., Skowron J., Wyrzykowski Ł., Ulaczyk K., Pawlak M.

Acta Astronomica

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2015

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Vol. 65, No. 4

341--350

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We present a census of eclipsing binary systems with classical Cepheid as a component. All such systems known were found in the OGLE collection of classical Cepheids in the Magellanic System. We extend the list of potential candidates adding four new objects found in the OGLE-IV photometric data. One of the new Cepheids in the eclipsing system, OGLE-SMC-CEP-3235, revealed only one eclipse during 15 years of the OGLE photometric monitoring. However, it additionally shows very well pronounced light-time effect indicating that the binarity is real and the system is physically bound. We also search for the light-time effect in other known eclipsing Cepheids and we clearly detect it in OGLE-LMC-CEP-1812. We discuss application of this tool for the search for Cepheids in non-eclipsing binary systems.

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Period-Luminosity Relations for Ellipsoidal Binary Stars in the OGLE-III Fields of the Large Magellanic Cloud

Pawlak M., Soszyński I., Pietrukowicz P., Skowron J., Poleski R., Udalski A., Szymański M. K., Kubiak M., Pietrzyński G., Wyrzykowski Ł., Ulaczyk K., Kozłowski S., Skowron D. M.

Acta Astronomica

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2014

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Vol. 64, No. 4

293--308

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We report the discovery of two distinct types of ellipsoidal binary systems occupying, so called, sequence E on the period-luminosity (P-L) diagram. We propose that steeper P-L relation is composed of giant-dwarf binaries, while the other consists of giant-giant binary systems. Analysis is based on a sample of 5334 objects, which we select from the OGLE-III survey data toward the Large Magellanic Cloud. We show that one of the components of ellipsoidal binaries is typically either a Red Clump or a Red Giant Branch star, which leads to clear separation split of the sequence E at P=40 d. In its short-period part, we identify two subsequences corresponding to the two types of binary systems (E2 and E3), while in the longer-period part the two groups merge forming a single subsequence E1.

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Over 38 000 RR Lyrae Stars in the OGLE Galactic Bulge Fields

Soszyński I., Udalski A., Szymański M. K., Pietrukowicz P., Mróz P., Skowron J., Kozłowski S., Poleski R., Skowron D., Pietrzyński G., Wyrzykowski L., Ulaczyk K., Kubiak M.

Acta Astronomica

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2014

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Vol. 64, No. 3

177--196

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We present the most comprehensive picture ever obtained of the central parts of the Milky Way probed with RR Lyr variable stars. This is a collection of 38 257 RR Lyr stars detected over 182 square degrees monitored photometrically by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) in the most central regions of the Galactic bulge. The sample consists of 16 804 variables found and published by the OGLE collaboration in 2011 and 21 453 RR Lyr stars newly detected in the photometric databases of the fourth phase of the OGLE survey (OGLE-IV). 93% of the OGLE-IV variables were previously unknown. The total sample consists of 27 258 RRab, 10 825 RRc, and 174 RRd stars. We provide OGLE-IV I- and V-band light curves of the variables along with their basic parameters. About 300 RR Lyr stars in our collection are plausible members of 15 globular clusters. Among others, we found the first pulsating variables that may belong to the globular cluster Terzan 1 and the first RRd star in the globular cluster M54. Our survey also covers the center and outskirts of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy enabling studies of the spatial distribution of the old stellar population from this galaxy. A group of double-mode RR Lyr stars with period ratios around 0.740 forms a stream in the sky that may be a relic of a cluster or a dwarf galaxy tidally disrupted by the Milky Way. Three of our RR Lyr stars experienced a pulsation mode switching from double-mode to single fundamental mode or vice versa. We also present the first known RRd stars with large-amplitude Blazhko effect.

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OGLE-IV Real-Time Transient Search

Wyrzykowski Ł., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska Z., Kozłowski S., Udalski A., Poleski R., Skowron J., Blagorodnova N., Kubiak M., Szymański M. K., Pietrzyński G., Soszyński I., Ulaczyk K., Pietrukowicz P., Mróz Michał

Acta Astronomica

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2014

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Vol. 64, No. 3

197--232

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We present the design and first results of a real-time search for transients within the 650 sq. deg. area around the Magellanic Clouds, conducted as part of the OGLE-IV project and aimed at detecting supernovae, novae and other events. The average sampling of about four days from September to May, yielded a detection of 238 transients in 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 seasons. The superb photometric and astrometric quality of the OGLE data allows for numerous applications of the discovered transients. We use this sample to prepare and train a Machine Learning-based automated classifier for early light curves, which distinguishes major classes of transients with more than 80% of correct answers. Spectroscopically classified 49 supernovae Type Ia are used to construct a Hubble Diagram with statistical scatter of about 0.3 mag and fill the least populated region of the redshifts range in the Union sample. We investigate the influence of host galaxy environments on supernovae statistics and find the mean host extinction of AI=0.19±0.10 mag and AV=0.39±0.21 mag based on a subsample of supernovae Type Ia. We show that the positional accuracy of the survey is of the order of 0.5 pixels (0.13'') and that the OGLE-IV Transient Detection System is capable of detecting transients within the nuclei of galaxies. We present a few interesting cases of nuclear transients of unknown type. All data on the OGLE transients are made publicly available to the astronomical community via the OGLE website.

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OGLE-BLG-RRLYR-12245: An RR Lyrae Star that Switched from a Double- to Single-Mode Pulsation

Soszyński I., Dziembowski W. A., Udalski A., Szymański M. K., Kubiak M., Pietrzyński G., Wyrzykowski Ł., Ulaczyk K., Poleski R., Kozłowski S., Pietrukowicz P., Skowron J., Mróz P.

Acta Astronomica

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2014

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Vol. 64, No. 1

1--9

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We report the discovery of an RR Lyr star that experienced a switching of its pulsation mode. OGLE-BLG-RRLYR-12245 was discovered as a double-mode RRd star based on observations conducted in the years 2001-2006 during the third phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE-III). The OGLE-IV observations carried out since 2010 reveal that this object is now a fundamental-mode RRab star, with no sign of the first-overtone pulsation. The analysis of the OGLE photometry shows that the final stage of the mode switching occurred on a relatively short timescale of a few months in 2005. We study the behavior of the star during this process, showing changes of the pulsational amplitudes and periods. We also discuss possible reasons for the mode switching in RR Lyr stars.

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Variable Stars from the OGLE-III Shallow Survey in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Ulaczyk K., Szymański M. K., Udalski A., Kubiak M., Pietrzyński G., Soszyński I., Wyrzykowski Ł., Poleski R., Gieren W., Walker A. R., Garcia-Varel A.

Acta Astronomica

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2013

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Vol. 63, No. 2

159--179

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We describe variable stars found in the data collected during the OGLE-III Shallow Survey covering the I-band magnitude range from 9.7 mag to 14.5 mag. The main result is the extension of period-luminosity relations for Cepheids up to 134 days. We also detected 82 binary systems and 110 long-period variables not present in the main OGLE catalogs. Additionally 558 objects were selected as candidates for miscellaneous variables.

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The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. The OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars. Type II Cepheids in the Galactic Bulge - Supplement

Soszyński I., Udalski A., Pietrukowicz P., Szymański M. K., Kubiak M., Pietrzyński G., Wyrzykowski Ł., Ulaczyk K., Poleski R., Kozłowski S.

Acta Astronomica

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2013

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Vol. 63, No. 1

37--40

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We report the discovery of additional 22 RV Tau stars located in the OGLE-II and OGLE-III fields toward the Galactic bulge, increasing to 357 objects the OGLE-III catalog of type II Cepheids in the Galactic center. Four of the newly detected RV Tau stars belong to the RVb class, i.e., they show large-amplitude, long-period modulation of the mean luminosity. In the updated catalog, the relative number of RV Tau stars in the whole sample of the Galactic bulge type II Cepheids is similar to the Magellanic Cloud samples.

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The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. The OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars. XV. Long-Period Variables in the Galactic Bulge

Soszyński I., Udalski A., Szymański M. K., Kubiak M., Pietrzyński G., Wyrzykowski Ł., Ulaczyk K., Poleski R., Kozłowski S., Pietrukowicz P., Skowron J.

Acta Astronomica

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2013

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Vol. 63, No. 1

21--36

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The fifteenth part of the OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars (OIII-CVS) contains 232406 long-period variables (LPVs) detected in the OGLE-II and OGLE-III fields toward the Galactic bulge. The sample consists of 6528 Mira stars, 33235 semiregular variables and 192643 OGLE small amplitude red giants. The catalog data and data resources that are being published include observational parameters of stars, finding charts, and time-series I- and V-band photometry obtained between 1997 and 2009. We discuss statistical features of the sample and compare it with collections of LPVs in the Magellanic Clouds. The vast majority of red giant stars in the Galactic bulge have an oxygen-rich chemistry. Mira variables form a separate group in the period-amplitude diagram, which was not noticed for oxygen-rich Miras in the Magellanic Clouds. We find a clear deficit of long-secondary period stars toward the Galactic center compared to the sample of Magellanic Clouds' LPVs.

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Supernovae and Other Transients in the OGLE-IV Magellanic Bridge Data

Kozłowski S., Udalski A., Wyrzykowski Ł., Poleski R., Pietrukowicz P., Skowron J., Szymański M. K., Kubiak M., Pietrzyński G., Soszyński I., Ulaczyk K.

Acta Astronomica

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2013

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Vol. 63, No. 1

1--19

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We analyze two years (mid-2010 to mid-2012) of OGLE-IV data covering ≈65 deg2 of the Magellanic Bridge (the area between the Magellanic Clouds) and find 130 transient events including 126 supernovae (SNe), two foreground dwarf novae and another two SNe-like transients that turned out to be active galactic nuclei (AGNs). We show our SNe detection efficiency as a function of SN peak magnitude based on available SNe rate estimates. It is 100% for SNe peak magnitudes I<18.8 mag and drops to 50% at I≈19.7 mag. With our current observing area between and around the Magellanic Clouds (≈600 deg2), we expect to find 24 SNe peaking above I<18 mag, 100 above I<19 mag, and 340 above I<20 mag, annually. We briefly introduce our on-line near-real-time detection system for SNe and other transients, the OGLE Transient Detection System.

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Large Variety of New Pulsating Stars in the OGLE-III Galactic Disk Fields

Pietrukowicz P., Dziembowski W. A., Mróz P., Soszyński I., Udalski A., Poleski R., Szymański M. K., Kubiak M., Pietrzyński G., Wyrzykowski Ł., Ulaczyk K., Kozłowski S., Skowron J.

Acta Astronomica

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2013

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Vol. 63, No. 4

379--404

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We present the results of a search for pulsating stars in the 7.12 deg2 OGLE-III Galactic disk area in the direction tangent to the Centaurus Arm. We report the identification of 20 Classical Cepheids, 45 RR Lyr type stars, 31 Long-Period Variables, such as Miras and Semi-Regular Variables, one pulsating white dwarf, and 58 very likely δ Sct type stars. Based on asteroseismic models constructed for one quadruple-mode and six triple-mode δ Sct type pulsators, we estimated masses, metallicities, ages, and distance moduli to these objects. The modeled stars have masses in the range 0.9-2.5 MSun and are located at distances between 2.5 kpc and 6.2 kpc. Two triple-mode and one double-mode pulsators seem to be Population II stars of the SX Phe type, probably from the Galactic halo. Our sample also includes candidates for Type II Cepheids and unclassified short-period (P<0.23 d) multi-mode stars which could be either δ Sct or β Cep type stars. One of the detected variables is a very likely δ Sct star with an exceptionally high peak-to-peak I-band amplitude of 0.35 mag at the very short period of 0.0196 d. All reported pulsating variable stars but one object are new discoveries. They are included in the OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars. Finally, we introduce the on-going OGLE-IV Galactic Disk Survey, which covers more than half of the Galactic plane. For the purposes of future works on the spiral structure and star formation history of the Milky Way, we have already compiled a list of known Galactic Classical Cepheids.

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Eclipsing Binary Stars in the OGLE-III Galactic Disk Fields

Pietrukowicz P., Mróz P., Soszyński I., Udalski A., Poleski R., Szymański M. K., Kubiak M., Pietrzyński G., Wyrzykowski Ł., Ulaczyk K., Kozłowski S., Skowron J.

Acta Astronomica

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2013

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Vol. 63, No. 2

115--133

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We present the analysis of 11589 eclipsing binary stars identified in twenty-one OGLE-III Galactic disk fields toward constellations of Carina, Centaurus, and Musca. All eclipsing binaries but 402 objects are new discoveries. The binaries have out-of-eclipse brightness between I=12.5 mag and I=21 mag. The completeness of the catalog is estimated at a level of about 75%. Comparison of the orbital period distribution for the OGLE-III disk binaries with systems detected in other recent large-scale Galactic surveys shows the maximum around 0.40 d and an almost flat distribution between 0.5 d and 2.5 d, independent of population. Ten doubly eclipsing systems and one eclipsing-ellipsoidal object were found among thousands of variables. Nine of them are candidates for quadruple systems. We also identify ten eclipsing subdwarf-B type binary stars and numerous eclipsing RS CVn type variables. All objects reported in this paper are part of the OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars.

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Eclipsing Binary Stars in the OGLE-III Fields of the Small Magellanic Cloud

Pawlak M., Graczyk G., Soszyński I., Pietrukowicz P., Poleski R., Udalski A., Szymański M. K., Kubiak M., Pietrzyński G., Wyrzykowski Ł., Ulaczyk K., Kozłowski S., Skowron J.

Acta Astronomica

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2013

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Vol. 63, No. 3

323--338

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We present a large sample of eclipsing binary stars detected in the Small Magellanic Cloud fields covering about 14 square degrees that have been monitored for eight years during the third phase of the OGLE survey. This is the largest set of such variables containing 6138 objects, of which 777 are contact and 5361 non-contact binaries. The estimated completeness of this sample is around 82%. We analyze the statistical properties of the sample and present selected interesting objects: 32 systems having eccentric orbit with visible apsidal motion, one Transient Eclipsing Binary, ten RS CVn type stars, 22 still unexplained Double-Periodic Variable stars, and 15 candidates for doubly eclipsing quadruple systems. Based on the OGLE-III proper motions, we classified 47 binaries from our sample as foreground Galactic stars. We also list candidates suitable for the SMC distance determination.

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Dwarf Novae in the OGLE Data. II. Forty New Dwarf Novae in the OGLE-III Galactic Disk Fields

Mróz P., Pietrukowicz P., Poleski R., Udalski A., Soszyński I., Szymański M. K., Kubiak M., Pietrzyński G., Wyrzykowski Ł., Ulaczyk K., Kozłowski S., Skowron J.

Acta Astronomica

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2013

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Vol. 63, No. 2

135--158

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We report the discovery of forty erupting cataclysmic variable stars in the OGLE-III Galactic disk fields: seventeen objects of U Gem type, four of Z Cam type, and nineteen stars showing outbursts and superoutbursts typical for SU UMa type dwarf novae. In the case of five stars we were able to estimate their supercycle lengths. The obtained lengths are in the range of 20-90 d, generally between the typical SU UMa type variables and a few objects classified as the ER UMa type variables. Since there is no significant difference between the two types but a higher mass-transfer rate resulting in more frequent outbursts and superoutbursts in the ER UMa type stars, we propose to discard this type as a separate class of variables. We note that in one of the SU UMa type stars, OGLE-GD-DN-039, we found a negative supercycle period change, in contrast to other active systems of this type. Two of the new OGLE objects showed long-duration WZ Sge-like superoutbursts followed by a sequence of echo outbursts. All stars reported in this paper are part of the OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars.

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The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. The Catalog of Stellar Proper Motions toward the Magellanic Clouds

Poleski R., Soszyński I., Udalski A., Szymański M. K., Kubiak M., Pietrzyński G., Wyrzykowski Ł., Ulaczyk K.

Acta Astronomica

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2012

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Vol. 62, No. 1

1-22

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We present a catalog of over 6.2 million stars with measured proper motions. All these stars are observed in the direction of the Magellanic Clouds within the brightness range 12

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The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Optical Counterparts to the X-ray Sources in the Galactic Bulge

Udalski A., Kowalczyk K., Soszyński I., Poleski R., Szymański M. K., Kubiak M., Pietrzyński G., Kozłowski S., Pietrukowicz P., Ulaczyk K., Skowron J., Wyrzykowski Ł.

Acta Astronomica

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2012

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Vol. 62, No. 2

133--151

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We present a sample of 209 variable objects - very likely optical counterparts to the X-ray sources detected in the direction of the Galactic center by the Galactic Bulge Survey (GBS) carried out with the Chandra satellite. The variable sources were found in the databases of the OGLE long term survey monitoring regularly the Galactic bulge since 1992. The counterpart candidates were searched based on the X-ray source position in the radius of 3.9 arcsec. Optical light curves of the candidates comprise a full variety of variability types: spotted stars, pulsating red giants (potentially secondary stars of symbiotic variables), cataclysmic variables, eclipsing binary systems, irregular non-periodic objects including an AGN (GRS 1734-292). Additionally, we find that positions of 19 non-variable stars brighter than 16.5 mag in the OGLE databases are so well aligned with the X-ray positions (<0.75 arcsec) that these objects are also likely optical counterparts to the GBS X-ray sources. We provide the OGLE astrometric and photometric information for all selected objects and their preliminary classifications. Photometry of the candidates is available from the OGLE Internet archive.

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The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Gaia South Ecliptic Pole Field as Seen by OGLE-IV

Soszyński I., Udalski A., Poleski R., Kozłowski S., Wyrzykowski Ł., Pietrukowicz P., Szymański M. K., Kubiak M., Pietrzyński G., Ulaczyk K., Skowron J.

Acta Astronomica

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2012

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Vol. 62, No. 3

219--245

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We present a comprehensive analysis of the Gaia South Ecliptic Pole (GSEP) field, 5.3 square degrees area around the South Ecliptic Pole on the outskirts of the LMC, based on the data collected during the fourth phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment, OGLE-IV. The GSEP field will be observed during the commissioning phase of the ESA Gaia space mission for testing and calibrating the Gaia instruments. We provide the photometric maps of the GSEP region containing the mean VI photometry of all detected stellar objects and their equatorial coordinates. We show the quality and completeness of the OGLE-IV photometry and color-magnitude diagrams of this region. We conducted an extensive search for variable stars in the GSEP field leading to the discovery of 6789 variable stars. In this sample we found 132 classical Cepheids, 686 RR Lyr type stars, 2819 long-period, and 1377 eclipsing variables. Several objects deserving special attention were also selected, including a new classical Cepheid in a binary eclipsing system. To provide empirical data for the Gaia Science Alert system we also conducted a search for optical transients. We discovered two firm type Ia supernovae and nine additional supernova candidates. To facilitate future Gaia supernovae detections we prepared a list of more than 1900 galaxies to redshift about 0.1 located in the GSEP field. Finally, we present the results of astrometric study of the GSEP field. With the 26 months time base of the presented here OGLE-IV data, proper motions of stars could be detected with the accuracy reaching 2 mas/yr. Astrometry allowed to distinguish galactic foreground variable stars detected in the GSEP field from LMC objects and to discover about 50 high proper motion stars (proper motion ≥ 100 mas/yr). Among them three new nearby white dwarfs were found. All data presented in this paper are available to the astronomical community from the OGLE Internet archive.