• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.78.3-78.3
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• 2016

The Kepler mission of NASA has enabled to discover a lot of new W UMa-type binaries with continuous light curves measured with unprecedented accuracy. Interestingly, their eclipsing time variation (hereafter ETV) diagrams show anti-correlation between primary and secondary minima, presumably occurred by continuous spot variation (Tran et al. 2013; Balaji et al. 2014). Two active Kepler binaries (KIC06118779 & KIC08682849), reported as showing the anti-correlation in ETV diagram, were investigated to see that the anti-correlations are correlated with time-variable O'connell effects appeared in their light curves. As a result, it was found that the O'connell effects for two binary stars have varied in quasi-sinusoidal ways similar to the patterns of their anti-correlation variations. In addition, our light curve syntheses of two binary stars with the latest version of the Wilson-Devinney code (Wilson & devinney 1971) show that they are very deep-contact binary system with extremely low mass ratios.

• Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.215-216
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• 2015

Close binary stars are so close that one component has an effect on the evolution of the other. But how do they form and evolve? This is an unsolved problem. One speculation is that the binary is a part of a hierarchical triple and its orbit shrinks due to interaction with the third component. Therefore, searching for and investigating tertiary components, especially close-in ones, in close binary stars are important for understanding their origin, as well as to test theories of star formation and stellar dynamical interaction.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.133-140
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• 1991

The UBV light curves of an extreme long period binary star 31 Cyg are made with the observations obtained at Yonsei University Observatory for three seasons from 1988 to 1991 and the RI light curves are also made for one season in 1990-1991. The new combined UBV light curves of 31 Cyg are constructed with You's and collected data. A preliminary solution of the light curves of 31 Cyg is made using Wilson-Devinney codes.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.32.3-32.3
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• 2010

We have analyzed times of minima for six eclipsing binary systems which show asymmetric light curves. We found that five binary systems show period decrease and one system shows cyclic period variation. Three asymmetric light curves (SV Cen, RT Scl and VW Boo) are due to hot spot caused by mass transfer. Other three asymmetric light curves (AD Phe,, EZ Hya and TY Boo) are due to cool spot on the cooler component caused by magnetic activities. We also obtain absolute dimensions from photometric solution and spectroscopic solution by analyzing their light curves and radial velocity curves, collected from literatures, using 2007 version Wilson and Devinney computer code.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.32.4-32.4
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• 2010

Evolution of the Cosmos (ARCSEC). We have presented the evolutionary status of seven detached double line spectroscopic eclipsing binaries which are CD Tau, CM Lac, CW CMa, HS Hya, IT Cas, KM Hya, and ZZ Boo because the component stars in the binary systems still act as a single star. We determined the absolute dimensions of the binary systems using photometric and spectroscopic solutions by analyzing of the light curves and radial velocity curves. We chose evolutionary tracks of these binary systems. Using the luminosities, effective temperatures and masses. Finally we obtained ages and metallicity of the stars.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.69-80
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• 1987

A photometric solutions of T LMi were derived with the Wilson and Devinney model using the BV photoelectric light curves of Okazaki(1977) and orbital period changes are discussed from the all of the collected times a available in the literature. We obtained a variation with a period of $62.^y01$ and an amplitude of $0.^d0425$ form the (O-C) diagram. According to the physical properties of T LMi on the basis of derived photometric solution, it have a doubt the credibility of the existence of "R CMa type".ype".uot;.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.185-196
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• 2016

New multiband BVRI light curves of NSVS 1461538 were obtained as a byproduct during the photometric observations of our program star PV Cas for three years from 2011 to 2013. The light curves indicate characteristics of a typical W-subtype W UMa eclipsing system, displaying a flat bottom at primary eclipse and the O'Connell effect, rather than those of an Algol/b Lyrae eclipsing variable classified by the northern sky variability survey (NSVS). A total of 35 times of minimum lights were determined from our observations (20 timings) and the SuperWASP measurements (15 ones). A period study with all the timings shows that the orbital period may vary in a sinusoidal manner with a period of about 5.6 yr and a small semi-amplitude of about 0.008 day. The cyclical period variation can be interpreted as a light-time effect due to a tertiary body with a minimum mass of 0.71 M_⊙. Simultaneous analysis of the multiband light curves using the 2003 version of the Wilson-Devinney binary model shows that NSVS 1461538 is a genuine W-subtype W UMa contact binary with the hotter primary component being less massive and the system shows a low mass ratio of q(m_c/m_h)=3.51, a high orbital inclination of 88.7°, a moderate fill-out factor of 30 %, and a temperature difference of ΔT=412 K. The O'Connell effect can be similarly explained by cool spots on either the hotter primary star or the cool secondary star. A small third-light corresponding to about 5 % and 2 % of the total systemic light in the B and V bandpasses, respectively, supports the third-body hypothesis proposed by the period study. Preliminary absolute dimensions of the system were derived and used to look into its evolutionary status with other W UMa binaries in the mass-radius and mass-luminosity diagrams. A possible evolution scenario of the system was also discussed in the context of the mass vs mass ratio diagram.

• Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.49 no.3
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• pp.65-71
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• 2016

We obtain the first complete CCD light curves (LCs) of the contact binary AP UMi in the VRI bands and analyzed them by means of the PHOEBE code. A spotted model is applied to treat the asymmetry in the LCs. The LC morphology clearly shows the O'Connell effect and the solution shows an influence of star spots on both components. Such effect of star spots is common between the RS CVn and W UMa chromospherically active stars. Based on the obtained solution of the LCs we investigate the evolutionary state of the components and conclude that the system is a pre-intermediate contact binary (f = 0.29) with mass ratio q = 0.38, and it is an A-type W UMa system where the less massive secondary component is cooler than the more massive primary one.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.21.1-21.1
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• 2011

우리는 분리형 쌍성 11개(원궤도 7개, 타원궤도 4개), 반분리형 쌍성 7개와 접촉형 쌍성 9개(근첩촉형 3개, 접촉형 2개, 초과 접촉형 4개)를 포함하는 27개의 다양한 종류의 표준식쌍성의 분석하여 절대량을 구하였다. 표준 식쌍성은 식쌍성의 광도곡선이 적어도 두 파장 영역 이상에서 그리고 모든 위상에서 골고루 관측되었고, 쌍성의 두 구성원 별에 대하여 시선속도 곡선이 발표된 식쌍성, 즉, 이중분광선 식쌍성 (Double line spectroscopic eclipsing binariy)으로 정의한다. 우리는 표준식쌍성의 370개의 후보에 대하여 문헌을 조사하여 관측 데이터를 확보 하였다. 이중에서 시선속도곡선과 광도곡선 자료가 동시에 존재하는 식쌍성은 80개이다. 이번 연구에서 우리는 표준식쌍성의 관측 질을 고려하여 27개의 식쌍성을 선택하여 절대량을 계산하였고, 이전 연구자들이 발표한 절대량과 비교 하였다. 이 논문에서 제시한 표준식쌍성의 유용성을 확인하기 위해 소마젤란은하에서 발견한 식쌍성의 광도곡선을 분석하여 측광학적인 해를 구하는 작업을 수행하였다. 이를 위하여 표준 식쌍성을 식쌍성의 종류별로 구분하고, 소마젤란은하에서 발견된 식쌍성 20여개를 선정하였다. 선정된 식쌍성을 표준식쌍성의 광도곡선과 형태를 비교하여 초기값을 결정하였고, 반복적인 차등보정법으로 측광학적인 해를 구하였다. 이 논문에서 제시한 표준식쌍성이 소마젤란은하에서 발견된 식쌍성들의 광도곡선의 형태를 대부분 포함하는 다양한 분포로 형성되어 있고, 이에 따른 측광학적인 해가 관측과 잘 일치함을 보여주고 있다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.179-195
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• 1995

RT Per has been known as a close binary of which the orbital period has unpredictably varied so far. Although there are no agreements with the working mechanism for the changes of the period, two interpretations have been suggested and waiting for to be tested: 1) light-time effects due to the unseen 3rd and 4rd bodies (Panchatsaram 1981), 2) Abrupt period-changes, due to internal variations of the system (e.g. mass transfer or mass loss) superimposing to the light-time effect by a 3rd body (Frieboes-Conde & Herczeg 1973). In the point of view that the former interprepation models could predict the behavior of the changes of the orbital period theoretically, we checked whether the recent observed times of minimum lights follow the perdictions by the first model or not. We confirmed that the observed times of minimum lights have followed the variations calculated by the light-times effects due to the 3rd and 4rd bodies suggested by Panchatsatam. In this paper a total of 626 times of minimum lights were reanalyzed in terms of the light-time effects by the 3rd and 4rd bodies. We concluded that the eclipsing pair in SVCam system moves in an elliptic orbit about center of mass of the triple system with a period of about $42.^y2$, while the mass center of the triplet is in light-time orbit about the center of mass of the quadruple system with a period of $120^y$. The mean masses deduced for the 3rd and 4rd bodies were $0.89m_\odot$ and $0.82m_\odot$, respectively.