Multiband light-curve analysis of the 40.5-min period eclipsing double-degenerate binary SDSS J082239.54+304857.19
Multiband light-curve analysis of the 40.5-min period eclipsing double-degenerate binary SDSS J082239.54+304857.19
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DOI:
10.1093/mnras/staa3571
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发表时间:
2020-11
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4.8
通讯作者:
A. Kosakowski;M. Kilic;Warren R. Brown
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作者:
A. Kosakowski;M. Kilic;Warren R. Brown
We present the Apache Point Observatory BG40 broadband and simultaneous Gemini $r$-band and $i$-band high-speed follow-up photometry observations and analysis of the 40.5 minute period eclipsing detached double-degenerate binary SDSS J082239.54$+$304857.19. Our APO data spans over 318 days and includes 13 primary eclipses, from which we precisely measure the system's orbital period and improve the time of mid-eclipse measurement. We fit the light curves for each filter individually and show that this system contains a low-mass DA white dwarf with radius $R_A=0.031\pm0.006~{\rm R_\odot}$ and a $R_B=0.013\pm0.005~{\rm R_\odot}$ companion at an inclination of $i=87.7\pm0.2^\circ$. We use the best-fitting eclipsing light curve model to estimate the temperature of the secondary star as $T_{\rm eff}=5200\pm100~{\rm K}$. Finally, while we do not record significant offsets to the expected time of mid-eclipse caused by the emission of gravitational waves with our 1-year baseline, we show that a $3\sigma$ significant measurement of the orbital decay due to gravitational waves will be possible in 2023, at which point the eclipse will occur about $8$ seconds earlier than expected.