Five new eclipsing binaries with low-mass companions

TL;DR

This paper reports the discovery and detailed characterization of five new eclipsing binary systems with low-mass stellar companions, providing valuable data for stellar models and the radius-mass relation calibration.

Contribution

First orbital and stellar parameter solutions for five low-mass eclipsing binaries using combined photometry and spectroscopy.

Findings

TOI-416 and TOI-1143 are well-characterized F+M systems.

TOI-1143 has an eccentric orbit with a third companion.

Parameters of TOI-416B and TOI-1143B aid in calibrating dwarf star models.

Abstract

Precise space-based photometry from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite results in a huge number of exoplanetary candidates. However, the masses of these objects are unknown and must be determined by ground-based spectroscopic follow-up observations, frequently revealing the companions to be low-mass stars rather than exoplanets. We present the first orbital and stellar parameter solutions for five such eclipsing binary-star systems using radial-velocity follow-up measurements together with spectral-energy-distribution solutions. TOI-416 and TOI-1143 are totally eclipsing F+M star systems with well-determined secondary masses, radii, and temperatures. TOI-416 is a circular system with an F6 primary and a secondary with a mass of $M_2={0.131(8)}{M_\odot}$. TOI-1143 consists of an F6 primary with an $M_2={0.142(3)}{M_\odot}$ secondary on an eccentric orbit with a third companion. With respect to the other systems, TOI-1153 shows ellipsoidal variations, TOI-1615 contains a pulsating primary, and TOI-1788 has a spotted primary, while all have moderate mass ratios of 0.2-0.4. However, these systems are in a grazing configuration, which limits their full description. The parameters of TOI-416B and TOI-1143B are suitable for the calibration of the radius-mass relation for dwarf stars.