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Derekas, A.; Németh, P.; Southworth, J.; Borkovits, T.; Sárneczky, K.; Pál, A.; Csák, B.; Garcia-Alvarez, D.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Kiss, L. L.; Vida, K.; Szabó, Gy. M.; Kriskovics, L.
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The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 808, Issue 2, article id. 179, 9 pp. (2015).
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We report the discovery of a new totally eclipsing binary (R.A. =
{06}{{h}}{40}{{m}}{29}{{s}}11; decl. =
+38°56‧52″2 J = 2000.0; Rmax = 17.2 mag) with
an sdO primary and a strongly irradiated red dwarf companion. It has an
orbital period of Porb = 0.187284394(11) day and an optical
eclipse depth in excess of 5 mag. We obtained 2 low-resolution
classification spectra with GTC/OSIRIS and 10 medium-resolution spectra
with WHT/ISIS to constrain the properties of the binary members. The
spectra are dominated by H Balmer and He ii absorption lines from the
sdO star, and phase-dependent emission lines from the irradiated
companion. A combined spectroscopic and light curve analysis implies a
hot subdwarf temperature of Teff(spec) = 55,000 ± 3000
K, surface gravity of log g (phot) = 6.2 ± 0.04 (cgs), and a He
abundance of {log}(n{He}/n{{H}})=-2.24+/- 0.40. The hot sdO star
irradiates the red dwarf companion, heating its substellar point to
about 22,500 K. Surface parameters for the companion are difficult to
constrain from the currently available data: the most remarkable
features are the strong H Balmer and C ii-iii lines in emission. Radial
velocity estimates are consistent with the sdO+dM classification. The
photometric data do not show any indication of sdO pulsations with
amplitudes greater than 7 mmag, and Hα-filter images do not
provide evidence for the presence of a planetary nebula associated with
the sdO star.
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