OGLE LMC-T2CEP-211 eclipsing binary LCs and RVs

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We present the analysis of a peculiar W Virginis (pWVir) type II Cepheid, OGLE-LMC-T2CEP-211 (P_puls_=9.393d), in a double-lined binary system (P_orb_=242d), which shed light on virtually unknown evolutionary status and structure of pWVir stars. The dynamical mass of the Cepheid (first ever for a type II Cepheid) is 0.64+/-0.02M_{sun}, and the radius R=25.1+/-0.3R{sun}. The companion is a massive (5.67M{sun}) main-sequence star obscured by a disk. Such a configuration suggests a mass transfer in the system history. We found that originally the system (P_orb^init^=12d) was composed of 3.5 and 2.8M_{sun} stars, with the current Cepheid being more massive. The system age is now ~200Myr, and the Cepheid is almost completely stripped of hydrogen, with helium mass of ~92% of the total mass. It finished transferring the mass 2.5Myr ago and is evolving toward lower temperatures passing through the instability strip. Comparison with observations indicates a reasonable 2.7x10^-8^M{sun}/yr mass loss from the Cepheid. The companion is most probably a Be main-sequence star with T=22000K and R=2.5R{sun}. Our results yield a good agreement with a pulsation theory model for a hydrogen-deficient pulsator, confirming the described evolutionary scenario. We detected a two-ring disk (R_disk~116R_{sun}) and a shell (R_shell~9R_{sun}_) around the companion, which is probably a combination of the matter from the past mass transfer, the mass being lost by the Cepheid owing to wind and pulsations, and a decretion disk around a rapidly rotating secondary. Our study, together with observational properties of pWVir stars, suggests that the majority of them are products of a similar binary evolution interaction.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.18680030
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/868/30
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Creator Pilecki B.; Dervisoglu A.; Gieren W.; Smolec R.; Soszynski I.,Pietrzynski G.; Thompson I.B.; Taormina M.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2019
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy