On the apsidal-motion of thirteen eclipsing binaries

TL;DR

This study presents the first light curve and apsidal motion analysis of thirteen eccentric eclipsing binaries, deriving their physical properties and apsidal motion periods using data from various telescopes.

Contribution

It introduces the first detailed apsidal motion analysis for thirteen eclipsing binaries, including new minima times and initial physical property estimations.

Findings

Apsidal motion periods range from 39 to 1926 years.

Many new minima times were derived for all systems.

Initial physical property estimations were provided.

Abstract

Main aim of this paper is the first light curve and apsidal motion analysis of thirteen eccentric eclipsing binaries and to reveal their basic physical properties. All of the systems were studied by method of period analysis of times of minima and the light curve analysis. Many new times of minima for all of the systems were derived and collected from the data obtained by the automatic, robotic or satellite telescopes. This allow us to study the apsidal motion in these systems in detail for the first time. From the light curve analysis the first rough estimations of the physical properties of these systems were done. The analyzed systems undergo an apsidal motion with the following periods in years: AR CMa (44 +/- 10), OZ Hya (117 +/- 53), V498 Mon (62 +/- 4), V521 Mon (217 +/- 37), V684 Mon (74.5 +/- 20), V730 Mon (39 +/- 12), GV Nor (197 +/- 67), NS Nor (516 +/- 230), TZ Pyx (157 +/- 37), V385 Sco (1926 +/- 980), V629 Sco (56 +/- 17), V881 Sco (131 +/- 48), V1082 Sco (186 +/- 280). Also 190 new minima times were derived and included. The period and light curve analyses were done, however a more detailed spectroscopic analysis is needed to confirm the physical parameters of the components with higher conclusiveness.