Bibcode
Iglesias Marzoa, R.; Lopez-Morales, M.; Arevalo Morales, J.; Torres, G.; Lázaro, C.; Tamazian, V. S.; Szentgyorgyi, A.; Carnerero Martin, M. I.; Moreno Otero, M. A.; de La Fuente Guillen, D.
Referencia bibliográfica
Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VI, Proceedings of the IX Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA), held in Madrid, September 13 - 17, 2010, Eds.: M. R. Zapatero Osorio, J. Gorgas, J. Maíz Apellániz, J. R. Pardo, and A. Gil de Paz., p. 533-533
Fecha de publicación:
11
2011
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Descripción
In the last decade a significant amount of observational effort has been
made to determine the physical parameters of low mass stars (M < 1
Msol). The most recent observations appear to show a discrepancy between
the mass-radius relation predicted by the models and that obtained from
the observational data. This discrepancy appear to be explained by
assuming the presence of strong magnetic fields in the stars which
produce larger radii than models predict. The best source of precise
mass and radius measurements are double-lined, detached, eclipsing
binaries (DDEBs). By measuring the radial velocities and light curves of
these systems, we can derive their stellar masses and radii with
accuracies of about 1-2%. However, the number of known low-mass DDEBs is
small and for many of the known systems the measured masses and radii
have large error bars. In the year 2005 we began an observational
campaign to measure the visual and near-IR light-curves for a sample of
DDEB candidates with low-mass components and observable from the
Northern Hemisphere (delta > -9 deg). The objects of this sample were
identified in large scale photometric surveys (NSVS, ASAS, SWASP). For
the photometric observations we are using the Carlos Sanchez (JK bands)
and the IAC80 (VRI bands) telescopes, both at Observatorio del Teide,
Canary Islands, Spain. The IR-band light-curves are less affected by the
presence of photospheric spots, which are a common feature in these
stars with convective atmospheres and magnetic activity, and can, in
principle, provide more precise radius measurements. In this poster we
present the complete JK-bands light curves and the models of four of the
low-mass DDEB observed in our program: NSVS10441882, NSVS07453183,
NSVS10653195, and NSVS02502726.