Two Massive Twins in a Deep-contact Binary with a Black Hole Candidate

New light curves in B, V, R, and I bands for the B-type contact binary V593 Cen were obtained, and another V-band light curve was collected from All Sky Automated Survey data. We analyzed these two sets of light curves using the Wilson-Devinney code. It was found that V593 Cen is a deep-contact bina...

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Published in:Astrophysical journal. Letters 2019-01, Vol.871 (1), p.L10
Main Authors: Er-gang, Zhao, Sheng-bang, Qian, Soonthornthum, Boonrucksar, Poshyachinda, Saran, Xiao, Zhou, Sarotsakulchai, Thawicharat, Jia, Zhang, Wen-ping, Liao
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Language:English
Subjects:
binaries: close
binaries: eclipsing
Binary stars
Black holes
Evolution
Light
Light curve
Sky surveys (astronomy)
stars: early-type
stars: evolution
stars: individual (V593 Cen)
Stellar evolution
Stellar system evolution
Travel time
Triple stars
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Summary:New light curves in B, V, R, and I bands for the B-type contact binary V593 Cen were obtained, and another V-band light curve was collected from All Sky Automated Survey data. We analyzed these two sets of light curves using the Wilson-Devinney code. It was found that V593 Cen is a deep-contact binary with a fill-out factor of more than 45%. The mass ratio, derived to be nearly one from light curves, indicates that this system contains two twin components. Together with the higher temperature of the less-massive component, it is inferred that the system has just passed the mass-reversal stage during the mass-transfer evolution. Therefore, at present it has the shortest period and deepest-contact configuration. By analyzing all available eclipse times, it is found that the O − C curve of V593 Cen shows a cyclic variation with a period of 50.9 yr. This can be explained as the light-travel time effect via the presence of a third body. The mass of the third body is derived to be larger than 4.3 ( 0.3) M , and it should contribute to the total light of the system. However, no third light is detected during the photometric analyses. This indicates that it may be a black hole candidate orbiting the central mass-transferring binary in a triple system. During the evolution of this hierarchical triple-star system, the "eccentric Kozai-Lidov" mechanism may play a major role in the formation of the inner contact binary. This system seems a perfect candidate to be one of "merged" systems mentioned by Naoz & Fabrycky.
ISSN:2041-8205
2041-8213
DOI:10.3847/2041-8213/aafc2e