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Extremely Low Mass Ratio Contact Binaries. III. Photometric and Spectroscopic Investigations of 11 Systems

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: We present photometric and spectroscopic investigations of 11 totally eclipsing contact binaries with mass ratios below 0.15, classifying them as extremely low mass ratio contact binaries. The ground-based multiband light curves were modeled with PHysics Of Eclipsing BinariEs to derive the photometric parameters of these systems. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) light curves of J011323 and J002747 show pronounced asymmetries and continuous variations. Markov Chain Monte Carlo modeling suggests that these variations are related to longitudinal migration of spots on the primary components. Spectral subtraction of the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) spectra reveals excess chromospheric emission in six systems, while no detectable excess emission is found in the other five. The O − C analysis indicates secular period increases in six systems and secular decreases in five systems. We estimated their orbital angular momenta and performed a dynamical analysis. Within our adopted semianalytical framework without energy transfer, the formation of these observed systems requires additional angular momentum loss beyond saturated magnetic braking and gravitational radiation, but this requirement could be modified by different assumptions on mass transfer or radius evolution.

Source: The Astrophysical Journal

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae9f44