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A New Low-Mass Eclipsing Binary from SDSS-II

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Cullen H. Blake1,4, Guillermo Torres1, Joshua S. Bloom2,5 and B. Scott Gaudi3

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We present observations of a new low-mass, double-lined eclipsing binary system discovered using repeat observations of the celestial equator from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II. Using near-infrared photometry and optical spectroscopy we have measured the properties of this short-period [P = 0.407037(14) days] system and its two components. We find the following parameters for the two components: M1 = 0.272 ± 0.020 Msun, R1 = 0.268 ± 0.010 Rsun, M2 = 0.240 ± 0.022 Msun, R2 = 0.248 ± 0.0090 Rsun, T1 = 3320 ± 130 K, and T2 = 3300 ± 130 K. The masses and radii of the two components of this system agree well with theoretical expectations based on models of low-mass stars, within the admittedly large errors. Future synoptic surveys like Pan-STARRS and LSST will produce a wealth of information about low-mass eclipsing systems and should make it possible, with an increased reliance on follow-up observations, to detect many systems with low-mass and substellar companions. With the large numbers of objects for which these surveys will produce high-quality photometry, we suggest that it becomes possible to identify such systems even with sparse time sampling and a relatively small number of individual observations.

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binaries: eclipsing; stars: low-mass, brown dwarfs


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Issue 1 (2008 September 1)

Received 2007 June 26, accepted for publication 2008 April 21



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