Period study of the binary star SW Cygni

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Eclipsing Binary Stars, Periodic Variations, Secular Variations, Stellar Motions, Variable Stars, Mass Transfer, Stellar Mass, Stellar Models, Three Body Problem

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The O-C curve of SW Cyg between 1880 and 1977 is presented and discussed. It is found that the orbital period undergoes a systematic change, becoming greater with time. In addition, a periodic oscillation of amplitude 0.015 days with period of 43.8 years is superimposed on this general trend. It is concluded that the increase in the period is due to a transfer of mass from the secondary star to the primary and the periodic oscillation is due to the light time effect of the third body of mass function f(m) = 0.006 solar mass.

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