Extremely Low Mass Ratio Contact Binaries. III. Photometric and Spectroscopic Investigations of Eleven Systems

@misc{lai2026extremely,
  title = {{Extremely Low Mass Ratio Contact Binaries. III. Photometric and Spectroscopic Investigations of Eleven Systems}},
  author = {Youmo Lai and Kai Li and Raul Michel Murillo and Difu Guo and Liheng Wang and Xiang Gao and Han-ning Zhang and Xing Gao and Guo-You Sun},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = aug,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2608.28066},
  eprint = {2608.28066},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.28066},
}

TY  - UNPB
TI  - Extremely Low Mass Ratio Contact Binaries. III. Photometric and Spectroscopic Investigations of Eleven Systems
AU  - Youmo Lai
AU  - Kai Li
AU  - Raul Michel Murillo
AU  - Difu Guo
AU  - Liheng Wang
AU  - Xiang Gao
AU  - Han-ning Zhang
AU  - Xing Gao
AU  - Guo-You Sun
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/08/28
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2608.28066
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.28066
AB  - We present photometric and spectroscopic investigations of 11 totally eclipsing contact binaries with mass ratios below 0.15, classifying them as extremely low mass ratio contact binaries. The ground-based multiband light curves were modeled with PHysics Of Eclipsing BinariEs to derive the photometric parameters of these systems. The TESS light curves of J011323 and J002747 show pronounced asymmetries and continuous variations. Markov Chain Monte Carlo modeling suggests that these variations are related to longitudinal migration of spots on the primary components. Spectral subtraction of the LAMOST spectra reveals excess chromospheric emission in six systems, while no detectable excess emission is found in the other five. The O−C analysis indicates secular period increases in six systems and secular decreases in five systems. We estimated their orbital angular momenta and performed a dynamical analysis. {Within our adopted semi-analytical framework without energy transfer, the formation of these observed systems requires additional angular momentum loss beyond saturated magnetic braking and gravitational radiation, but this requirement could be modified by different assumptions on mass transfer or radius evolution.
ER  -