Photometric Properties of Selected Algol-type Binaries. III. AL Geminorum and BM Monocerotis with Possible Light-time Orbits

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Jan 2012

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The Astronomical Journal, Volume 143, Issue 1, article id. 13 (2012).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Binaries: Close, Binaries: Eclipsing, Stars: Individual: Al Gem Bm Mon

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We present the CCD photometry of two Algol-type binaries, AL Gem and BM Mon, observed from 2008 November to 2011 January. With the updated Wilson-Devinney program, photometric solutions were deduced from their EA-type light curves. The mass ratios and fill-out factors of the primaries are found to be q ph = 0.090(± 0.005) and f 1 = 47.3%(± 0.3%) for AL Gem, and q ph = 0.275(± 0.007) and f 1 = 55.4%(± 0.5%) for BM Mon, respectively. By analyzing the O-C curves, we discovered that the periods of AL Gem and BM Mon change in a quasi-sinusoidal mode, which may possibly result from the light-time effect via the presence of a third body. Periods, amplitudes, and eccentricities of light-time orbits are 78.83(± 1.17) yr, 0fd0204(±0fd0007), and 0.28(± 0.02) for AL Gem and 97.78(± 2.67) yr, 0fd0175(±0fd0006), and 0.29(± 0.02) for BM Mon, respectively. Assumed to be in a coplanar orbit with the binary, the masses of the third bodies would be 0.29 M &sun; for AL Gem and 0.26 M &sun; for BM Mon. This kind of additional companion can extract angular momentum from the close binary orbit, and such processes may play an important role in multiple star evolution.

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