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Apsidal motion in eccentric eclipsing binaries: CW Cephei, V478 Cygni, AG Persei, and IQ Persei

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WOLF Marek KUČÁKOVÁ Hana KOLASA Martin ŠŤASTNÝ P. BOZKURT Z. HARMANEC Petr ZEJDA Miloslav BRÁT Luboš HORNOCH Kamil

Year of publication 2006
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Faculty of Science

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Field Astronomy and astrophysics
Keywords eclipsing binaries; CW Cep; V478 Cyg; AG Per; IQ Per; apsidal motion
Description Aims: About thirty new times of minimum light recorded with photoelectric or CCD photometers were obtained for four early type eccentric orbit eclipsing binaries CW Cep (P=2.73d, e=0.029), V478 Cyg (2.88d, 0.016), AG Per (2.03d, 0.071), and IQ Per (1.74d, 0.076). Methods: Their O-C diagrams were analysed using all reliable timings found in the literature, and elements of apsidal motion were improved. Results: We confirm relatively short periods of apsidal motion of about 46, 27, 76, and 124 years for CW Cep, V478 Cyg, AG Per, and IQ Per, respectively. The corresponding internal structure constants, log k_2, are then found under the assumption that the component stars rotate pseudosynchronously. The relativistic effects are negligible, being up to 8% of the total apsidal motion rate in all systems. Using the light time effect solution, we have predicted a faint third component orbiting with a period of about 39 years for CW Cep.
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