Binary

systems, their evolution and environments

MongoliaJapan Centre
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

15 September 2014

PROGRAMME
and
ABSTRACT BOOK
Scientific Organising Committee:
- Richard de Grijs (Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, China), co-chair
- Licai Deng (National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences), co-
chair

- Christine Allen (UNAM, Mexico)
- D. Batmunkh (Mongolian Academy of Sciences)
- Selma de Mink (Space Telescope Science Institute, USA)
- Aaron Geller (Northwestern University, USA)
- Rob Izzard (University of Bonn, Germany)
- Thijs Kouwenhoven (Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, China)
- Tsolmon Renchin (National University of Mongolia, LOC co-chair)
- Alison Sills (McMaster University, Canada)
- Danny Vanbeveren (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
- Ed van den Heuvel (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Lev Yungelson (Institute of Astronomy, Russian Aacademy of Sciences)
- Hans Zinnecker (SOFIA, USA/Germany)
Local Organising Committee:
- Tsolmon Renchin (National University of Mongolia; chair)
- Demberel Sodnomsambuu (Research Center for Astronomy and Geophysics, Mongolian
Academy of Sciences)
- N. Enkhjargal (NUM)
- A. Dulma (NUM)

PROGRAMME
Monday 1 September 2014

09:0009:30 Welcome
- Yondon Otgonbayar, Ph.D., Minister of Education of Mongolia
- Richard de Grijs (SOC chair), Tsolmon Renchin (LOC chair)

SESSION 1: Formation of stellar multiplicity: binaries, triples and higher-order multiples

09:3010:10 Andrei Tokovinin (R): Statistics of hierarchical multiple systems and their
formation
10:1010:40 Erez Michaely (C): Secular evolution with mass loss and tidal friction in triple
systems

10:4011:20 coffee

11:2012:00 Hugues Sana (R): Initial multiplicity conditions and observational signature of


mass exchange in massive star populations
12:0012:30 Alberto Rebassa Mansergas (C): Observational constraints on common envelope
binary population synthesis studies

12:3014:00 lunch

14:0014:30 Sylvain Chaty (C): Stellar formation triggered by high-mass X-ray binaries?
14:4015:10 Paul Elliott (C): Studying binaries in the SACY associations
15:1015:40 Rebekka Grellmann (C): Resolving binary and multiple stellar systems with
long-baseline interferometry

15:4016:30 coffee + poster session

16:3017:00 Paulo Garcia (C): The tidally disrupted pre-main-sequence binaries HD 104237
and AK Sco

17:0017:30 Session 1 poster summary: Rob Izzard

17:3018:30 Discussion forum: The formation of binaries (chair: Hans Zinnecker; panel
members: Andrei Tokovinin, Charles Bailyn)

Tuesday 2 September 2014

SESSION 2: Stellar and binary evolution across the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

09:0009:40 Onno Pols (R): Stellar and chemical evolution processes in low- and
intermediate-mass binaries
09:4010:10 Rob Izzard (I): Stellar duplicity and nucleosynthesis
10:1010:40 Richard Stancliffe (I): The physics of carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars

10:4011:20 coffee

11:2011:50 Chiaki Kobayashi (I): The role of binaries in the chemical evolution of galaxies
11:5012:30 Philipp Podsiadlowski (R): The evolution of massive binaries

12:3014:00 lunch

14:0014:30 Smriti Vats (C): X-ray source populations in old open clusters: Collinder 261
14:3015:00 Dorottya Szcsi (C): Globular cluster abundance anomalies and the massive


binary polluter scenario



15:0015:30

15:3016:10

16:1016:40

Romain Deschamps (C): Non-conservative evolution in short-period interacting

binaries with the BINSTAR code
coffee + poster session
Carla Maceroni (C): Binarity and pulsation combined: constraints on component
structure and evolution

SESSION 3: Dynamics and simulations of binaries and higher-order multiple systems

16:4017:30 Thijs Kouwenhoven (R): The origin and evolution of very wide binary stars

17:3018:10
Sessions 2+3 poster summary: Selma de Mink

18:1018:30 Tsolmon Renchin (I): Astronomy in Mongolia (special lecture)

19:30
Special dinner in a traditional Mongolian restaurant
(covered by your conference fee)

Wednesday 3 September 2014 free (a tour desk will be available)

Thursday 4 September 2014

09:0009:30 Roberto Iaconi (C): Common envelope numerical simulations: What are we
missing?
09:3010:00 Rainer Spurzem (C): Simulating Binaries in N-body simulations From star
clusters to supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei
10:0010:30 Thomas Madura (C): 3D radiative transfer in colliding wind binaries:
Application of the SIMPLEX algorithm to 3D SPH simulations

10:3011:10 coffee

11:1011:40 Chengyuan Li (C): The binary fractions in the massive young Large Magellanic
Cloud star clusters NGC 1805 and NGC 1818
11:4012:10 Aaron Geller (C): Consequences of dynamical disruption and mass
segregation for the binary frequencies of star clusters

12:1013:45 lunch

SESSION 4: Low-mass binary systems: population synthesis

14:0014:40
Ulrich Kolb (R): Population models of low-mass binaries
14:4015:20 Zhanwen Han (R): Binary population synthesis and the spectral synthesis

15:2016:00 coffee + posters

16:0016:30 Silvia Toonen (I): The progenitors of Supernovae Type Ia
16:3017:00
Michael Politano (I): The post-ejection evolution of the orbital components
during a common envelope phase
17:0017:30 Noam Soker (C): Binary merger: Before, during, and after the common-envelope
phase

17:3018:00 Session 4 + general topics poster summary: Hans Zinnecker

18:0019:00 Discussion forum: The effects of binaries on the chemical evolution of (globular)
star clusters and galaxies. Chair: Dany Vanbeveren; panel members: Chiaki
Kobayashi, Rob Izzard, Selma de Mink, Philipp Podsiadlowski.

Friday 5 September 2014

09:0009:30 Evert Glebbeek (C): Evolution of binary mergers
09:3010:00 Liliana Rivera Sandoval (C): The faint cataclysmic variable population of the
globular cluster 47 Tucanae
10:0010:30 Joanna Mikolajewska (C): Symbiotic stars: Observations confront binary


evolution theory

10:3011:10 coffee

SESSION 5: High-mass binary systems: population synthesis

11:1011:50 Dany Vanbeveren (R): Population synthesis of massive stars
11:5012:20 Saida Caballero-Nieves (C): Massive binaries in R136 using Hubble
12:2012:50 Sung Chul Yoon (I): Models for supernova progenitors in massive binary
systems

12:5014:20 lunch

14:2015:00 Chris Belczynski (R): End products of massive binary evolution
15:0015:30 Melina Bersten (C): iPTF 13bvn: The first evidence of a binary progenitor for
a Type Ib supernova

15:3016:10 coffee + posters

16:1016:40 Grzegorz Wiktorowicz (C): Black hole X-ray transients: The formation puzzle

16:4017:10 Session 5 poster summary: Dany Vanbeveren

17:1017:40 Summary: Virginia Trimble

17:40
Close of the conference

18:30
Buses depart to a traditional Mongolian barbecue, offered by the local
organization. Venue: Astronomical Observatory of Mongolia, Khurel Togoot

TALK ABSTRACTS

(in order of appearance)

Monday 1 September 2014

09:3010:10 Statistics of hierarchical multiple systems and their formation

Andrei Tokovinin (Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory, Chile)

Hierarchies containing three or more stars constitute 13% of solar-type dwarfs,
while 33% are simple binaries and 54% are single. The fraction of hierarchies is
larger among more massive stars. A model is proposed to simulate the
multiplicity statistics by independent selection of sub-systems from the same
generating distribution of periods (log-normal) and mass ratios (uniform),
subject to dynamical stability constraints and accounting for other effects to
match the observed statistics. This suggests that hierarchies are formed from
inside out by adding external components to the inner binaries while they
migrate to short periods or merge. However, quadruple systems composed of
two close pairs were possibly formed by a distinct process. They show a
tendency to equal masses for all 4 stars and are rather frequent (4% of solar-
type dwarfs).


10:1010:40 Secular evolution with mass loss and tidal friction in triple systems

Erez Michaely (Technion, Israel)

Recent studies have shown that secular evolution of triple systems can play a
major role in the formation and evolution of compact binaries. In particular, they
could lead to the production of unique gravitational-wave sources and to the
collisions and mergers of compact objects. Many fewer studies have focused on
the stellar evolution of triple systems, which leads to the formation of compact
objects in these systems, and in particular to the mass loss phase in the red-giant
and asymptotic giant branch phases of the evolving stellar components, and
subsequent tidal torquing. Here we study the dynamical secular evolution of
hierarchical triple systems undergoing mass loss and tidal friction, using a newly
developed secular evolution code which includes the effects of mass loss and
tidal friction while accounting for general relativistic (GR) effects. We present
various evolutionary routes in such systems, and discuss both the effects of mass
loss and tidal friction in the inner binary system as well as mass loss from the
outer third companion.

11:2012:00 Initial multiplicity conditions and observational signature of mass

exchange in massive star populations

Hugues Sana (Space Telescope Science Institute, USA)

Massive stars are characterized by a high degree of multiplicity. I will review the
results of recent multiplicity surveys that deepen our insight into the outcome of
the formation of massive stars as well as into the initial conditions of their
evolution. The high fraction of close binaries results in a large number of binary
interactions through mass exchange or coalescence. I will review observational
signatures of past binary interaction episodes and observational evidence of
their presence in various populations of massive stars.


12:0012:30 Observational constraints on common envelope binary population
synthesis studies

Alberto Rebassa-Mansergas1, Boris Gaensicke2, Matthias Schreiber3, Monica
Zorotovic3, Steven Parsons3, Zhanwen Han4

1Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, China
2University of Warwick, UK
3Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile
4Yunnan Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Binary population synthesis studies are powerful and extensively used tools to,
e.g., reproduce the present-day population of close white dwarf binaries, or to
predict the rate of Type Ia supernovae in the Galaxy. However, in these studies
the common envelope (CE) phase is described by a simple parameterised energy
equation in which a fraction of the orbital energy (the CE efficiency) is used to
unbind the CE. Even worse, the CE efficiency is very uncertain and lacks
observational constraints. During the last few years, our team has performed a
large-scale observational population study of close white dwarfmain sequence
binaries, which has provided the first strong observational evidence for the CE
efficiency being small. However, we cannot rule out the possibility that this
result is a consequence of selection effects, as white dwarfs can only be easily
identified in the optical when the secondary is a low-mass star, i.e., an M dwarf.
In order to test possible dependencies of the CE efficiency on the mass of the
secondary star, we have initiated an observational campaign dedicated to
identifying a large sample of close white dwarfmain sequence binaries
containing F, G or K star companions and to measure their orbital periods. Here, I
explain the methodology of our strategy and present the first results of this
survey.

14:0014:30 Stellar formation triggered by high-mass X-ray binaries?

Sylvain Chaty (Institut Universitaire de France, France)

I will report on recent multi-wavelength (mainly optical/infrared) observations
of high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs), composed of a neutron star orbiting
massive, luminous and active stars. In particular, I will show recent and
intriguing observations of the environment of HMXBs, obtained by the Herschel
satellite, revealing that stellar formation can potentially be triggered by the wind
emanating from massive stars in HMXBs. This case study allows (1) to study the
structure of the close environment of these massive stars in binaries and (2) to
answer questions related to feedback: how do outflows alter the environment
and how does react the environment?


14:4015:10 Studying binaries in the SACY associations

Paul Elliott1,2, Amelia Bayo3,4, Claudio Melo1, Carlos Torres5, Michael Sterzik1,
Germano Quast5

1ESO, Chile
2University Exeter, UK
3MPIA, Germany
4Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile
5MCT, Brazil

Studying multiplicity properties of stars is very important in the context of star
formation, but in which environments can we study primordial multiplicity with
little influence from dynamical interactions? The SACY (Search for Associations
Containing Young stars) sample offers such an opportunity; it is comprised of
nine nearby, young associations (distance < 150 pc, ages ~5100 Myr), allowing
a huge, and continuous, range of orbital periods to be probed. We present
multiplicity results of the binary frequency in the SACY sample using
spectroscopic and adaptive optics-assisted direct imaging techniques and
comment on their implications for star formation.

15:1015:40 Resolving binary and multiple stellar systems with long-baseline

interferometry

Rebekka Grellmann (University of Cologne, Germany):

The properties of young multiple stellar systems contain important information
about the star-formation process and provide crucial constraints for theoretical
models of the mass and environmental dependence of stellar multiplicity. To
compare observational surveys with numerical simulations of cluster formation,
we need to find companion stars over the full range of possible orbital distances,
which extends from a few stellar radii to several 1000 AU. Long-baseline
interferometry provides a spatial resolution of ~ 0.001 arcsec at a wavelength of
1 micron, which translates to scales of less than 0.2 AU for close young stellar
objects. It is thus very efficient in filling the gap in spatial resolution between
spectroscopic companions and wide visual companions. Binary parameters can
be rather easily and quite accurately measured from interferometric data
obtained with a very moderate investment of observing time. Furthermore, since
the separations that can be resolved with long-baseline interferometry
correspond to orbital periods between a few months and several years, many of
the interferometrically detected multiple systems will be attractive targets for
orbit determinations. In this talk I will explain what we can do for binary and
multiplicity studies using long-baseline optical interferometry and I will present
the new results of our multiplicity study in the Orion Nebula Cluster, which is an
ideal target, because it provides the closest sample of massive young stars, is
dense, very young, and has been studied in detail. Furthermore, the multiplicity
of the stars in the Orion cluster is already well characterized as far as either very
close spectroscopic or relatively wide visual systems are concerned. First results
using AMBER at the VLTI were published recently (Grellmann et al. 2013, A&A,
550, 82) and a sample of ~30 stars have been observed in November 2013 using
PIONIER at the VLTI.

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16:3017:00 The tidally disrupted pre-main-sequence binaries HD 104237 and AK

Sco

Paulo Garcia1, Catherine Dougados2,3,4, Myriam Benisty4, Jaques Kuska4,
Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin4, Wing-Fai Thi4

1Porto University, Portugal
2Laboratoire Franco Chilien dAstronomie (FCA), UMI 3386 CNRS, France
3Departamento de Astronomia, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
4Institut de Plantologie et dAstrophysique de Grenoble, UMR 5274 BP53, 414,
Rue de la Piscine, Domaine Universitaire, F-38041 Grenoble Cedex, France

Active pre-main-sequence binaries with separations of around ten stellar radii
present a wealth of phenomena unobserved in common young systems. Most
importantly is the opening of a gap in the inner circumbinary disk due to orbital
tidal effects. On the one hand, the gap changes the illumination and
thermodynamics of the remaining disk; on the other it allows spiral material to
flow into the inner system. Depending on the exact orbital characteristics of the
system, the individual stars can even be stripped of their own circumstellar
disks. Furthermore, as these objects are very young, they present intense
magnetic activity in the form of extended magnetospheres. In the most eccentric
objects, magnetosphere collisions at periastron passage have been detected. In
these young objects, angular momentum is thought to be removed from the disk
by powerful jets. Some of these close binaries present jets while others do not. As
jet models require stringent disk properties, these systems are able to constrain
them. Finally, angular momentum transfer between the circumbinary disks and
the stars is expected from models of secular evolution. The above aspects will be
presented, building on our recent paper on HD 104237 (Garcia et al. 2013,
MNRAS, 430, 1839) using AMBER and differential phase techniques and on new
PIONIER imaging data. We will also incorporate additional imaging results
obtained on AK Sco. In conclusion, this communication will highlight the
diversity and wealth of binary systems and their environment in an early stage of
evolution.

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Tuesday 2 September 2014

09:0009:40 Stellar and chemical evolution processes in low- and intermediate-
mass binaries

Onno Pols (Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands)

Binaries containing stars of low and intermediate mass (those that will
eventually leave white dwarfs) can interact in many different ways and produce
a large variety of remnants. In this talk I will review the interaction processes
that dominate their evolution and the main uncertainties therein. In relatively
close binaries, interaction is dominated by the process of Roche-lobe overflow,
which can either lead to stable and efficient mass transfer or become unstable
and produce a highly non-conservative common-envelope event. The latter is
likely to lead to the merger of the two stars in many cases. In wide binaries, wind
accretion during the giant phases is the dominant process and the remnants are
often seen as chemically peculiar stars that have been polluted by their
companions. There is an intermediate range of orbital periods where the
interaction processes are not well understood; wind interaction, Roche-lobe
overflow and even common-envelope evolution are not easily distinguishable
here. Remnants of such interactions, which include post-AGB binaries, barium
stars and (at low metallicity) carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars, have properties
that are at odds with the predictions of binary evolution models. The presence of
a triple companion in a wider orbit, which is fairly common, can further
complicate the evolution of the (inner) binary. Finally, all these processes and
their uncertainties affect the evolution of the possible progenitors of Type Ia
supernovae, which I will also briefly review.


09:4010:10 Stellar duplicity and nucleosynthesis

Rob Izzard (Argelander Institut fr Astronomie, University of Bonn, Germany)

Half or more of all stars more massive than our Sun are orbited by one (or more)
companion stars. Many companions are close enough that the evolution of both
stars is greatly altered by the transfer of mass and angular momentum from one
star to the other. Such mass transfer is highly likely during the late stages of
evolution, such as on the giant branches, which are quite coincidentally also
when stars undergo interesting nucleosynthesis. Direct mass transfer truncates
the (A)GB prematurely compared to single stars and the ensuing stellar envelope
is ejected perhaps to form a (chemically peculiar?) planetary nebula. In wider
binaries, where one star has captured material from a long-dead companion, we
can probe the nucleosynthesis that happened in ancient stars as well as
fundamental astrophysical phenomena like wind accretion and circumbinary
disc formation. I will focus on recent quantitative work on nucleosynthesis in
mass-transfer systems, such as carbon-enhanced metal-poor and barium stars,
and highlight some of the key open questions and opportunities that will
dominate the next decade of duplicitous nucleosynthesis.

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10:1010:40 The physics of carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars

Richard Stancliffe (Argelander Institut fr Astronomie, University of Bonn,
Germany)

A surprising fraction of metal-poor stars turn out to be rich in carbon. Of these,
many show enhanced levels of heavy elements, particularly those formed by the
slow neutron capture process. The proposed formation scenario for these
objects involves mass transfer from an asymptotic giant branch star in a binary
system. I will discuss (some) of the important (and uncertain!) physical
processes that we must understand if we wish to learn the origin of these
enigmatic, ancient objects.


11:2011:50 The role of binaries in the chemical evolution of galaxies

Chiaki Kobayashi (University of Hertfordshire, UK)

The formation and evolutionary histories of galaxies are imprinted in stellar
populations, namely, in elemental abundance patterns. With my
chemodynamical simulations of galaxies that includes star formation and
chemical enrichment from core-collapse and Type Ia supernovae, as well as AGB
stars, various observations such as the elemental abundance ratios in the
Galactic bulge and disk, radial gradients, and massmetallicity relations of
galaxies are reproduced, while supernova rates and the properties of host
galaxies can be predicted. I will then discuss the effects of binaries such as Type
Ia supernovae.

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11:5012:30 The evolution of massive binaries

Philipp Podsiadlowski (Oxford University, UK)

Most massive stars are known to be members of close binaries and, therefore,
binary interactions are essential for understanding their appearance and final
fate. I will first summarize how the main binary interactions (stable and unstable
mass transfer, binary mergers) affect the structure and final appearance of
massive stars and discuss some of the key uncertainties. As has only been
realized relatively recently, binary evolution can also dramatically change the
final fate of a massive star (e.g., whether a star becomes a black hole or neutron
star and whether the neutron star forms through iron-core collapse or in an e-
capture supernova). This has important implications for the pulsar population
and the rates of compact binary mergers. I will also show simulations of mass
loss from binaries that can provide signatures for different types of supernovae;
indeed, in some cases this may produce distinct supernova subclasses (such as
LBV supernovae, interaction supernovae) and may even be responsible for some
of the most extreme events, such as superluminous supernovae.


14:0014:30 X-Ray source populations in old open clusters: Collinder 261

Smriti Vats, Maureen van den Berg, Rudy Wijnands
(Anton Pannekoek Institute, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)

We are carrying out an X-ray survey of old open clusters with the Chandra X-ray
Observatory. Single old stars, being slow rotators, are very faint in X-rays (LX <
11027 erg s1). Hence, X-rays produced by mass transfer in cataclysmic variables
(CVs) or by rapid rotation of the stars in tidally locked, detached binaries (active
binaries; ABs) can be detected, without contamination from single stars. By
comparing the properties of various types of interacting binaries in different
environments (the Galactic field, old open clusters, globular clusters), we aim to
study binary evolution and how it may be affected by dynamical encounters with
other cluster stars. Stellar clusters are good targets to study binaries, as age,
distance, chemical composition, are well constrained. Collinder (Cr) 261 is an old
open cluster (age ~ 7 Gyr), with one of the richest populations inferred of close
binaries and blue stragglers of all open clusters and is therefore an obvious
target to study the products of close encounters in open clusters. We will present
the first results of this study, detailing the low-luminosity X-ray population of Cr
261, in conjunction with other open clusters in our survey (NGC 188, Berkeley
17, NGC 6253, M67, NGC 6791) and in comparison with populations in globular
clusters.

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14:3015:00 Globular cluster abundance anomalies and the massive binary

polluter scenario

Dorottya Szcsi, Nicolas GonzlezJmenez, Norbert Langer
(Argelander-Institut fr Astronomie, University of Bonn, Germany)

Observations of globular cluster stars indicate that their material has been
polluted with the nucleosynthetically processed matter of a previous generation
of massive stars, but not with supernova products. The nature of the polluter is
still being debated: either hot-bottom-burning AGB stars or rapidly rotating
massive stars could be responsible, although both scenarios face major
challenges to explain the observed abundance patterns and require fine-tuning
of the most relevant parameters. An alternative scenario involves massive binary
polluters: nucleosynthetically processed gas is expelled during highly non-
conservative mass transfer in interacting massive binary systems. It has been
shown that such systems could return enough material to form a chemically
enriched second generation. However, for a detailed comparison of the chemical
predictions of this scenario, binary models for a range of masses and orbital
periods are needed. We have carried out detailed calculations of interacting
massive binaries with various mass ratios and orbital periods. The evolution of
these systems is presented. Constraints on the initial parameters are analyzed,
observed abundances are compared to theoretical yields, and advantages and
disadvantages of this scenario are discussed.


15:0015:30 Non-conservative evolution in short-period interacting binaries
with the Binstar code

Romain Deschamps1,2, Lionel Siess2, Killian Braun2, Alain Jorissen2, Philip Davis2

1European Southern Observatory, Chile
2Institut dAstronomie et dAstrophysique, Universit Libre de Bruxelles,
Belgium

Systemic mass loss in interacting binaries such as of the Algol type has been
inferred since the 1950s. There is indeed gathering indirect evidence indicating
that some Algols follow non-conservative evolution, but still no direct detection
of large mass outflows. As a result, little is known about the eventual ejection
mechanism, the total amount of mass ejected or the specific angular momentum
carried with this outflow. In order to reconcile stellar models and observations,
we compute Algol models with the state-of-the-art binary star evolution code
BINSTAR. We investigate systemic mass losses within the hotspot paradigm,
where large outflows of material form from the accretion impact during the mass
transfer phase. We then study the impact of this outflow on the spectral emission
distribution of the system with the radiative transfer codes CLOUDY and SKIRT.

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16:1016:40 Binarity and pulsation combined: constraints on component

structure and evolution

Carla Maceroni1, Holger Lehmann2, Ronaldo Da Silva1, Josefina Montalban

1INAF-OAR, Italy
2TLS Tautenburg, Germany

The space missions CoRoT and Kepler have provided a precious by-product: a
large number of eclipsing binaries containing variable stars and, among these,
non-radial pulsators. This providential occurrence allows combining
independent information from two different phenomena, whose synergy yields
scientific results well beyond those from the single sources. In particular, the
analysis of pulsations throws light on the internal structure of the pulsating
component, on the systems evolutionary stage, and on the role of tidal
mechanisms in exciting the oscillations. I will present a few case studies which
illustrate the analysis method and the achievements in this rapidly developing
field.


16:4017:30 The origin and evolution of very wide binary stars

M. B. N. (Thijs) Kouwenhoven (Kavli Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics,
Peking University, China)

A significant fraction of the binary stars in the field have separations larger than
1000 AU, even reaching up to a parsec. It is difficult to explain the origin of these
as a result of the star-formation process alone. Dynamical processes, such as the
capture of unbound stars by bound binary systems and the decay of unstable
triple systems provide good mechanisms for the formation of these wide
systems. Both processes predict that a large fraction of wide binary stars are, in
fact, triple or quadruple systems and also that these systems generally have high
eccentricities. I will provide an overview of the origin and dynamical evolution of
wide binaries and how observations can be used to distinguish between the
different formation mechanisms. Finally, I will discuss the origin and evolution of
wide planetary systems in the same context.

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Thursday 4 September 2014

09:0009:30 Common envelope numerical simulations: What are we missing?

Roberto Iaconi (Macquarie University, Australia)

The common envelope (CE) interaction is a very fast astrophysical process (it
lasts about a year) whereby a close binary star temporarily becomes one large
star. What happens next is anybodys guess. The two stars may merge, explode
or transform into a compact binary. The main way to study this phenomenon is
through numerical simulations, but nowadays the works that have been
performed in this context fail to explain various important questions about the
CE. By carrying out three-dimensional (3D) simulations of the CE interaction
using a 3D hydrodynamic plus gravity code, we are trying to push the
simulations a step further. We are adding additional ingredients that could be
relevant to solve those important questions. In particular, we are analysing the
effects of the interaction preceding the CE on the CE itself and of the stellar
rotation.


09:3010:00 Simulating Binaries in N-body simulations From star clusters to
supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei

Rainer Spurzem (National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, China)

Many, if not all, galaxies contain supermassive black holes (SMBHs). The
evolution and motion of SMBHs is studied after galaxies and their nuclei have
merged. Dynamical friction and superelastic three-body scatterings with stars
will lead to the formation of an SMBH binary two black holes of millions of
solar masses orbiting each other, finally in a distance comparable to the size of
our planetary system. An overview of their evolutionary phases will be given,
from the time they become bound, through stellar dynamical evolution to a final
phase, where relativistic corrections to Newtonian dynamics (so-called post-
Newtonian approximations) have to be taken into account. The so-called last
parsec problem and the possible effect of interstellar gas or gas disks will be
touched upon briefly. Spinspin and spinorbit interactions of the SMBHs in the
relativistic phase are taken into account. We show how such a binary emits
gravitational radiation across a huge range of the frequency spectrum. Ground-
based and space-based gravitational-wave detection is discussed, including
pulsar timing, which shows how in the future gravitational-wave astronomy will
become as rich as electromagnetic astronomy. If time permits there will be some
presentation of the computational science aspects of our work. To use graphical
processing units (GPU) for general-purpose computations is becoming more and
more ubiquitous on all scales from users desktops to the most powerful
supercomputers. In the past four years, China has been pioneering this field,
running some very powerful GPU clusters. Our algorithms and their performance
and implementation on various GPU cluster architectures, including the recent
Kepler hardware, will be shown.

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10:0010:30 3D radiative transfer in colliding wind binaries: Application of the

SimpleX algorithm to 3D SPH simulations

Thomas Madura1, Nicola Clementel2, Chael Kruip3, Vincent Icke2, Theodore Gull1

1NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
2Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Netherlands
3Quintel Intelligence, UK

We present the first results of full 3D radiative transfer simulations of the
colliding stellar winds in a massive binary system. We accomplish this by
applying the SIMPLEX algorithm for 3D radiative transfer on an unstructured
Delaunay grid to recent 3D smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations
of the colliding winds in the binary system Carinae. We use SIMPLEX to obtain
detailed ionization fractions of hydrogen and helium, in 3D, at the resolution of
the original SPH simulations. We show how the SIMPLEX simulations can be used
to generate synthetic spectral data cubes for comparison to data obtained with
the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph as part
of a multi-cycle program to map changes in Cars extended interacting wind
structures across one binary cycle. Comparison of the HST observations to the
SIMPLEX models can help lead to more accurate constraints on the orbital, stellar,
and wind parameters of the Car system, such as the primarys mass-loss rate
and the companions temperature and luminosity. While we initially focus
specifically on the Car binary, the numerical methods employed can be applied
to numerous other colliding wind (WR140, WR137, WR19) and dusty pinwheel
(WR104, WR98a) binary systems. One of the biggest remaining mysteries is how
dust can form and survive in such systems that contain a hot, luminous O star.
Coupled with 3D hydrodynamical simulations, SIMPLEX simulations have the
potential to help determine the regions where dust can form and survive in these
unique objects.

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11:1011:40 The binary fractions in the massive young Large Magellanic Cloud
star clusters NGC 1805 and NGC 1818

Chengyuan Li1,2,3, Richard de Grijs1,2, Licai Deng3

1Kavli Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Peking University, Yi He Yuan Lu
5, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100871, China
2Department of Astronomy, Peking University, Yi He Yuan Lu 5, Hai Dian District,
Beijing 100871, China
3Key Laboratory for Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20A Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
100012, China

Using high-resolution data sets obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope, we
investigate the radial distributions of the F-type main-sequence binary fractions
in the massive young Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters NGC 1805 and NGC
1818. We apply both an isochrone-fitting approach and 2 minimization using
Monte Carlo simulations, for different mass-ratio cut-offs, q, and present a
detailed comparison of the methods performance. Both methods yield the same
radial binary fraction profile for the same cluster, which therefore supports the
robustness and applicability of either method to young star clusters which are as
yet unaffected by the presence of multiple stellar populations. The binary
fractions in these two clusters are characterized by opposite trends in their
radial profiles. NGC 1805 exhibits a decreasing trend with increasing radius in
the central region, followed by a slow increase to the fields binary-fraction level,
while NGC 1818 shows a monotonically increasing trend. This may indicate
dominance of a more complicated physical mechanism in the clusters central
region than expected a priori. Timescale arguments imply that early dynamical
mass segregation should be very efficient and, hence, likely dominates the
dynamical processes in the core of NGC 1805. Meanwhile, in NGC 1818 the
behaviour in the core is probably dominated by disruption of soft binary
systems. We speculate that this may be owing to the higher velocity dispersion in
the NGC 1818 core, which creates an environment in which the efficiency of
binary disruption is high compared with that in the NGC 1805 core.

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11:4012:10 Consequences of dynamical disruption and mass segregation for the

binary frequencies of star clusters

Aaron Geller (Northwestern University, USA)

The massive (13,000 26,000 M), young (15 30 Myr) Large Magellanic Cloud
star cluster NGC 1818 reveals an unexpected increasing binary frequency with
radius for F-type stars (1.3 2.2 M). This is in contrast to many older star
clusters that show a decreasing binary frequency with radius. We study this
phenomenon with sophisticated N-body modeling, and find that many different
initial configurations evolve to reproduce the clusters observed properties,
although with a modest preference for substructured initial conditions. Our
models produce the observed radial trend in binary frequency through
disruption of soft binaries on approximately a crossing time, preferentially in the
cluster core. At later times mass segregation processes dominate binary
disruption and transform the radial distribution of the binary frequency first into
a bimodal distribution (interestingly similar to those observed for blue
stragglers in many globular clusters), and then into a radial distribution that
peaks only in the core. Thus, both a radial binary frequency distribution that falls
towards the core (as observed for NGC 1818) and one that rises towards the core
(as for older star clusters) can arise naturally from the same evolutionary
sequence owing to binary disruption and mass segregation in rich star clusters.


14:0014:40 Population models of low-mass binaries

Ulrich Kolb (The Open University, UK)

I review the current understanding of the formation and evolutionary history of
binaries with low-mass companions, focusing on systems that contain a white
dwarf, or a component that will evolve into a white dwarf. I will highlight the
potential and pitfalls of binary catalogues emerging from exoplanet transit
searches, and review the state of the art of population models for low-mass
binaries.

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14:4015:20 Binary population synthesis and the spectral synthesis

Zhanwen Han (Yunnan Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, China)

In this talk, I will review the formation of some important objects, such as
progenitors of Type Ia supernovae and hot subdwarf stars, resulting from the
evolution of low-mass binary populations. I will also review how binary
interactions change the integrated spectral energy distribution (ISED) of stellar
populations and contribute to the UV-upturn phenomenon of early-type galaxies.


16:0016:30 The progenitors of supernovae Type Ia

Silvia Toonen (Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Netherlands)

Despite the significance of Type Ia supernovae (SNeIa) in many fields in
astrophysics, SNeIa lack a theoretical explanation. SNeIa are generally thought to
be thermonuclear explosions of carbon/oxygen (CO) white dwarfs (WDs). The
canonical scenarios involve white dwarfs reaching the Chandrasekhar mass,
either by accretion from a non-degenerate companion (single-degenerate
channel, SD) or by a merger of two CO WDs (double-degenerate channel, DD).
The study of SNeIa progenitors is a very active field of research for binary
population synthesis (BPS) studies. The strength of the BPS approach is to study
the effect of uncertainties in binary evolution on the macroscopic properties of a
binary population, in order to constrain binary evolutionary processes. I will
discuss the expected SNeIa rate from the BPS approach and the uncertainties in
their progenitor evolution, and compare with current observations. I will also
discuss the results of the POPCORN project in which four BPS codes were
compared to better understand the differences in the predicted SNeIa rate of the
SD channel. The goal of this project is to investigate whether differences in the
simulated populations are due to numerical effects or whether they can be
explained by differences in the input physics. I will show which assumptions in
BPS codes affect the results most and hence should be studied in more detail.

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16:3017:00 The post-ejection evolution of the orbital components during a

common envelope phase

Michael Politano, Justin Provance
(Marquette University, USA)

Observations of planetary nebulae containing binary cores (BPNe) have become
numerous enough to provide constraints on models of common envelope (CE)
evolution. The observed orbital period distribution in BPNe is sharply peaked at
approximately 0.3 days, similar to the orbital period distribution found in post-
CE binaries from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Theoretical orbital period
distributions for BPNe calculated using population synthesis techniques peak at
longer periods or are too broad, regardless of the choices for various uncertain
input parameters. In this talk, I describe a possible resolution of this discrepancy
that involves considering further dynamical evolution of the orbit after the
envelope has been ejected. If there is sufficient material within the orbit, the
frictional interaction between the secondary and this material will continue to
drive spiral-in until the inter-orbit material becomes too small to support itself
against collapse onto the core of the giant. Attempts to model this post-ejection
phase and determine final orbital separations will be discussed. If available,
preliminary results, in which such post-ejection orbital evolution is included into
population synthesis calculations, will be presented.


17:0017:30 Binary merger: Before, during, and after the common-envelope
phase

Noam Soker (Technion, Israel)

Intermediate-luminosity optical transients (ILOTs; red novae; red transients) are
the most energetic stellar outbursts that leave the star intact. In many of the
ILOTs, or even all of them, the powering mechanism is a violent interaction
between two stars, with extreme cases ending in mergers. The most massive
binary system that can be grouped with ILOT is Carinae, while on the other end
there is a prediction that planets merging with brown dwarfs will lead to faint
ILOTs. I will review possible processes to explain ILOTs, including some very
recent ideas, and connect them to different astrophysical objects, from luminous
blue variables (LBVs), progenitors of some bipolar planetary nebulae, merging
stars, and pre-explosion outbursts of different kinds of supernovae.

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Friday 5 September 2014

09:0009:30 Evolution of binary mergers

Evert Glebbeek (Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University,
Nijmegen, Netherlands)

A substantial fraction of binary systems will eventually merge, producing a single
star. This merger product has a higher mass and can be rapidly rotating and
exhibit peculiar surface abundances. I will present the result of calculations that
combine binary evolution and smooth particle hydrodynamics to simulate the
merger event and follow the evolution of the merger product. The results are
relevant for blue straggler formation in star clusters and the evolution and
formation of massive stars (in particular rapidly rotating massive stars).


09:3010:00 The faint cataclysmic variable population of the globular cluster 47
Tucanae

Liliana E. Rivera Sandoval1, Maureen van den Berg1, Craig Heinke2, Adrienne
Cool3, Haldan N. Cohn4, Phyllis M. Lugger4

1University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
2University of Alberta, Canada
3San Francisco State University, USA
4Indiana University System, USA

The star density in the cores of globular clusters (GC) can be up to 10 million
times higher than the local stellar density. The resulting high interaction rates in
GCs are ideal for studying exotic binary stars, such as cataclysmic variables
(CVs), low-mass X-ray binaries and millisecond pulsars, and the effects of
dynamical encounters on the stellar and binary population. We have obtained
near-ultraviolet images of the nearby dense and massive globular cluster 47 Tuc
with the Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). In
combination with existing deep HST and Chandra X-ray data, we use these
images to study the compact binaries in 47 Tuc. In this work we have focused on
the population of accreting white dwarfs or CVs. The new data allow us to obtain
one of the deepest measurements of the GC CV luminosity function ever, down to
MV = 11.6 mag, and thus identify CVs at very low mass-accretion rates. I will
discuss the results in the context of a comparison with the measured CV
luminosity function in local space and with those of other GCs, like the core-
collapsed globular cluster NGC 6397.

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10:0010:30 Symbiotic stars: Observations confront binary evolution theory

Joanna Mikolajewska (N. Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)

Symbiotic stars are long-period, strongly interacting binaries in which the first-
formed white dwarf accretes material from a red-giant companion. Their study is
essential to understand the evolution and interaction of detached and semi-
detached binaries involving RGB and AGB stars. But for all progress in deriving
physical properties of these binaries, they continually pose challenges to the
binary evolution theory. Among these are issues regarding the stability of mass
transfer and synchronisation in systems with tidally distorted giants,
distribution of the orbital parameters of S-type systems, and their chemical
peculiarities. This poster will present and discuss results of ongoing studies of
orbital behaviour, rotational velocities and chemical-abundance analysis of
symbiotic giants. In particular, I will concentrate on constraints on present mass
transfer and synchronisation set by systems with ellipsoidal variability, present
evolutionary status (indicated by CNO and 12C/13C abundances) and past mass-
transfer history (traced by s-process element pollution detected for the first time
in some classical Z And-type systems).



11:1011:50 Population synthesis of massive stars

Dany Vanbeveren (Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)

This review deals with massive star population synthesis with a realistic
population of binaries. We focus on the comparison between observed star
numbers (as a function of metallicity) and theoretically predicted numbers of
stellar populations in regions of continuous star formation and in starburst
regions. Special attention is given to the O-type/WR/red supergiant stellar
population, the population of blue supergiants, the pulsar and binary pulsar
population, and the supernova rates. Finally, we consider massive double
compact star mergers and the link with gravitational wave sources (the
advanced LIGO II) and r-process element production sites.

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11:5012:20 Massive binaries in R136 using Hubble

Saida CaballeroNieves1, Paul Crowther1, K. Azalee Bostroem2, Jesus Maz
Apellniz3

1University of Sheffield, UK
2STScI, USA
3Instituto de Astrofsica de Andaluca, Spain

We have undertaken a complete HST/STIS spectroscopic survey of R136, the
young, central dense starburst cluster of the LMC 30 Doradus nebula, which
hosts the most massive stars currently known. Our CCD datasets, comprising 17
adjacent 0.2"52" long slits, were split across Cycles 19 and 20 to allow us to
search for spectroscopic binaries. We will present the results of our survey,
including a comparison with the massive-star population in the wider 30
Doradus region from the VLT Flames Tarantula survey. We will also describe
upcoming HST/FGS observations, which will probe intermediate-separation
binaries in R136, and discuss this cluster in the context of unresolved young
extragalactic star clusters.


12:2012:50 Models for supernova progenitors in massive binary systems

Sung Chul Yoon (Seoul National University, Republic of Korea)

The diversity of core-collapse supernovae is closely related to binary
interactions. For example, the majority of Type Ib/c and Type IIb supernovae
may occur in massive binary systems as a result of mass transfer at various
evolutionary stages. I will present some evolutionary models of massive binary
stars including several important physical ingredients, like tidal interactions and
mass and angular momentum exchange, and discuss their implications for
supernova progenitors and their populations. I will particularly emphasize that
Type Ib/c supernova progenitors at their pre-supernova stage should have very
different properties compared to the observed WolfRayet stars, which are
widely believed to represent SN Ibc progenitors, and that many observed
properties of SNe Ib/c and IIb can be explained well with the binary scenario.

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14:2015:00 End products of massive binary evolution

Krzysztof Belczynski (Warsaw University, Poland; University of Texas at
Brownsville, USA)

I will discuss the major physical processes involved in the evolution of massive
binaries. End products include massive mergers of binary components, high-
mass X-ray binaries, GRB and core-collapse SN progenitors and sources of
gravitational radiation (NSNS, BHNS and BHBH systems). Despite the fact
that not much is known about the crucial physics from a theoretical perspective,
observations seem to provide useful constraints on massive binary evolution.
That includes common envelope physics, the inner workings of core-collapse
supernovae or natal kicks compact objects may or may not receive at the time of
their formation. I will present several selected cases that involve existing or
future observations that may work as massive binary evolution
diagnostics/probes. In particular, I will discuss the origin of the NS/BH mass gap,
the detection chances of gravitational waves by advanced LIGO/Virgo and the
extent of the IMF.


15:0015:30 iPTF 13bvn: The first evidence of a binary progenitor of a Type Ib
supernova

Melina Bersten, Kenichi Nomoto
(University of Tokyo/Kavli IPMU, Japan)

The recent detection in archival HST images of an object at the location of
supernova (SN) iPTF 13bvn may represent the first direct evidence of the
progenitor of a Type Ib SN. The objects photometry was found to be compatible
with a WolfRayet pre-SN star mass of ~11 M. However, based on
hydrodynamical models, we show that the progenitor had a pre-SN mass of ~3.5
M and that it could not be more massive than ~8 M. We propose an interacting
binary system as the SN progenitor and perform evolutionary calculations that
are able to self-consistently explain the light-curve shape, the absence of
hydrogen, and the pre-SN photometry. We further discuss the range of allowed
binary systems and predict that the remaining companion is a luminous O-type
star of significantly lower flux in the optical than the pre-SN object. A future
detection of such a star may be possible and would provide the first robust
progenitor identification for a Type Ib SN.

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16:1016:40 Black hole X-ray transients: The formation puzzle

Grzegorz Wiktorowicz1, Krzysztof Belczynski1, Thomas Maccarone2

1Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw, Poland
2Department of Physics, Texas Tech University, USA

There are 19 confirmed black hole binaries in the Galaxy, 16 of which are X-ray
transients hosting a ~515 M black hole and a Roche-lobe-overflowing low-
mass companion. Companion masses are found mostly in 0.11 M mass range,
with a peak at 0.6 M. The formation of these systems is believed to involve a
common envelope (CE) phase, initiated by a black hole progenitor, expected to
be a rather massive star >20 M. We show that none of the available CE models
allow for the formation of the observed population of Galactic black hole
transients. Black holes are most likely found with companions of mass 1 M for
the standard CE energy prescription. The companion mass distribution also
peaks at 1 M and is still in tension with observations, even if the envelope
binding energy is lowered by factor of 5 as suggested by Ivanova & Chaichenets
(2011). The angular momentum CE prescription produces a rather flat
companion mass distribution over a broad range of 0.51.3 M with significantly
fewer systems than observed in the Galaxy. Additionally, we have modified the
most important factors shaping the companion mass distribution: magnetic
braking, the mass-transfer rate, and the star-formation rate. In each case, almost
no companions are found around the observed mass peak. We argue that CE
physics is not crucial for our understanding of Galactic BH transients. Our failure
most likely indicates that either the current evolutionary models for low-mass
stars and magnetic braking are not realistic or that the intrinsic population of
black hole transients is quite different from that observed.

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POSTERS

SESSION 1: Formation of stellar multiplicity: binaries, triples and higher-order
multiples

P1-1 Grudzinska: The formation and future evolution of the first Be black hole
binary: MWC 656
P1-2 Hirai: Supernovae in massive binaries and their impact on the companion
P1-3 Jiang: Formation of multiple stellar populations in globular clusters
P1-4 Schaffenroth et al.: Observation of the extreme runaway HD 271791:
Nucleosynthesis in a core-collapse supernova
P1-5 Sener & Jeffery: PG1544+488 as probe of common-envelope evolution

SESSION 2: Stellar and binary evolution across the HertzsprungRussell diagram

P2-1 Avvakumova et al.: Investigation of two unusual eclipsing binaries,
FN Cam and AG Vir
P2-2 Chen: Binary evolution and blue stragglers
P2-3 Mowlavi et al.: Eclipsing binaries in the Gaia era: challenges and
opportunities
P2-4 Holl et al.: Eclipsing binaries in the Gaia era: automated detection
performance
P2-5 Pawlak: Periodluminosity relations for ellipsoidal binary stars in the
OGLE-III fields of the Large Magellanic Cloud
P2-6 Schaffenroth et al.: Hot subdwarfs in (eclipsing) binaries with brown
dwarf or low-mass main-sequence companions

SESSION 3: Dynamics and simulations of binaries and higher-order multiple
systems

P3-1 Bkowska & Olech: Orbital period determination in an eclipsing dwarf
nova HT Cas
P3-2 Davis: The formation and evolution of eccentric binary systems
P3-3 Gosset et al.: Interferometry observations of massive hierarchical triple
systems
P3-4 Hinse: Stable five-body orbits in the Kepler-47 exoplanet system:
Predicting stable orbits of a possible third circumbinary planet
P3-5 Schwab: The long-term evolution of WD merger remnants: RCB stars
P3-6 Staff et al.: Eccentric binary interactions as origin of some optical
transient phenomena and nebula formation

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SESSION 4: Low-mass binary systems: population synthesis

P4-1 Ablimit & Li: Wind-driven evolution of white dwarf binaries to Type Ia
supernovae
P4-2 Debski & Zoa: Light curve morphology analysis of contact binaries
observed with the Kepler satellite
P4-3 Ilkiewicz et al.: Search for symbiotic star candidates in the Galactic plane
P4-4 Tarnopolski & Debski: Study of the Hurst exponent of Kepler contact
binaries

SESSION 5: High-mass binary systems: population synthesis

P5-1 Bailyn: Activity in quiescent X-ray binaries
P5-2 Kinugawa et al.: Possible indirect confirmation of the existence of Pop III
massive stars by gravitational waves
P5-3 Leyder & Pollock: An X-ray orbit of HD 150136 unveils its physical
properties
P5-4 Pozanenko et al.: Observations of short-duration gamma-ray bursts
P5-5 Raucq et al.: Observational signatures of past mass-exchange episodes in
massive binaries
P5-6 Bersten: A blue point source at the location of supernova 2011dh

GENERAL TOPICS


G1 Avvakumova et al.: The Binary star DataBase (BDB): the new service
providing basic data for binary and multiple systems
G2 Tungalag et al.: MongolianRussian cooperation at the Khureltogoot
observatory in the ISON project framework
G3 Volnova et al.: Astronomical hosting in Mongolia

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P1-1: The formation and future evolution of the first Be black hole binary:
MWC 656

Mira Grudzinska (Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw, Poland)

The first Be binary with a black hole has just recently been discovered. We study
its formation and future evolution. The existence of Be binaries with black holes
may provide useful constraints on the common-envelope phase and black-hole
natal kicks. The future evolution of MWC 656 with a 5 M black hole and a 1016
M main-sequence companion, may lead to the formation of a BHNS binary.
Such binaries are not known, but they are expected to be strong gravitational-
wave sources for advanced LIGO and Virgo.


P1-2: Supernovae in massive binaries and their impact on the companion

Ryosuke Hirai (Waseda University, Japan)

Neutron star (NS) binary mergers are the main targets for near-future
gravitational-wave observations. But the formation of NS binaries is not yet well
understood. Such systems should have experienced and survived two core-
collapse supernova (CCSNe) events during their evolution. It is known from
simple calculations that binaries are destroyed when over half of the total mass
is expelled, so the mass loss due to SNe and mass stripping by the SN ejecta
combined will determine the survival of the system. The momentum given to the
companion by the ejecta can also help destroy the system. We have performed
two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations to study the effect of SN ejecta on
the binary companions in massive binaries. We particularly focus on the
unbound mass and kick velocity. The dependence on binary parameters is also
investigated. We find that the effect of SN ejecta is significant at close separations
and could be playing an important role in the formation of NS binaries.


P1-3: Formation of multiple stellar populations in globular clusters

Dengkai Jiang (Yunnan Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, China)

Observations reveal the presence of multiple stellar populations (MSPs) in
globular clusters (GCs) that exhibit wide abundance variations and multiple
sequences in their HertzsprungRussell diagrams. We present a scenario for the
formation of MSPs in GCs. In this scenario, initial GCs are single-generation
clusters, and our model predicts that the anomalous-abundance stars observed
in GCs are the merged and accreted stars produced by binary interactions, which
are rapidly rotating stars at the moment of their formation. A stellar population
with binaries can reproduce two important observational pieces of evidence of
MSPs, the NaO anticorrelation and the multiple sequences in the HR diagram.

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P1-4: Observation of the extreme runaway HD 271791: Nucleosynthesis in a core-

collapse supernova

Veronika Schaffenroth1, Norbert Przybilla1, Keith Butler2, Uli Heber3,4

1Institute for Astro-Particle Physics Innsbruck, Austria
2Munich Observatory, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Germany
3Dr. Karl Remeis-Observatory, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-
Nuremberg, Germany
4ECAP, Astronomical Institute, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-
Nuremberg, Germany

Some young, massive stars can be found in the Galactic halo. As star formation
does not occur in the halo, they must have been formed in the disk and been
ejected shortly afterwards. There are several scenarios for the origin of such
objects. One explanation is a supernova in a binary system. The companion is
ejected and becomes a runaway star. HD 271791 is the kinematically most
extreme runaway star known (Galactic rest-frame velocity 725 195 km s1).
Because its Galactic rest-frame velocity exceeds the Galactic escape velocity, it is
called a hyper-runaway star. Moreover, analysis of the optical spectrum showed
an enhancement of the elements. This indicates an origin in a supernova. As
such high velocities are not reached in classical binary supernova scenarios, a
very massive but compact primary, probably of WolfRayet type is required. The
star is a perfect candidate for studying nucleosynthesis in a core-collapse
supernova because of the contamination of its surface layers with supernova
ejecta of its former very massive primary. The goal of this project is to determine
the abundances of a large number of elements from the process, the iron
group, and heavier elements through quantitative spectral analysis of the optical
and the UV with detailed stellar atmosphere models taking into account
deviations from the local thermal equilibrium (NLTE). We intend to verify
whether core-collapse supernovae are sites of r-process element production.
The first step was to include all atomic data available for these elements in the
UV spectral synthesis. Now we are able to determine abundances of iron-group
and heavier elements from the UV, at the moment in LTE, but in the next step
also in NLTE. The abundance analysis is done differentially using bright B-type
comparison stars. Here we report the current status of the project.

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P1-5: PG1544+488 as probe of common-envelope evolution

H. Tugca Sener, Simon Jeffery
(Armagh Observatory, UK)

PG1544+488 is a short-period binary containing two helium-rich subdwarfs.
Since most single helium-rich hot subdwarfs are thought to form from the
merger of a close binary white-dwarf system, PG1544+488 provides a different
perspective. The formation of a double helium subdwarf would appear to require
the ejection of a common envelope from a double red-giant binary. Hence,
PG1544+488 can tell us something about common-envelope evolution. We
present a new spectroscopic analysis to obtain improved orbital parameters,
including the period P = 0.496 0.002 days, mass ratio q = 0.923 0.075, and the
atmospheric parameters of each component.


P2-1: Investigation of two unusual eclipsing binaries, FN Cam and AG Vir

Ekaterina Avvakumova1, Oleg Malkov2, Alexander Popov1

1Ural Federal University, Russia
2Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Eclipsing binaries represent an invaluable resource for the determination of the
fundamental properties of stars and allow us to check theoretical assumptions
about stellar evolution. For the latter, we need to know evolutionary types for a
large set of binaries. To estimate evolutionary types, we have developed a
method for the classification of eclipsing variables based on a restricted set of
their observational parameters (Avvakumova et al., AN, 2013). The method also
allows us to find eclipsing variables with unusual sets of observational
parameters. Some systems can be rare examples of unusual evolutionary stages.
In our paper, two systems with doubtful evolutionary states will be discussed.
We will present the results of a photometric and spectral investigation of both
binaries.


P2-2: Binary evolution and blue stragglers

Xuefei Chen (Yunnan Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
China)

Blue stragglers are common in clusters and they significantly contribute to the
ISED in blue bands. I will first introduce various channels to the formation of
blue stragglers, then focus on the binary origin for blue straggles, the related
observational evidence, and their contribution to the ISED.

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P2-3: Eclipsing binaries in the Gaia era: challenges and opportunities

Nami Mowlavi, Berry Holl, Christos Siopis and the Geneva Gaia CU7 team
members (University of Geneva, Switzerland)

Launched in December 2013, ESAs all-sky multi-epoch astrometric and spectro-
photometric Gaia mission will provide light curves of several million eclipsing
binaries during its five-year survey. This will constitute a unique data set that
will allow an unprecedented statistical analysis of different categories of binary
and multiple stars in our Galaxy, probing all evolutionary stages from birth to
coalescence, thereby contributing to various fields of modern astrophysics from
stellar formation to the production of X-ray binaries and Type Ia supernovae.
Challenges to achieve this task include the automated detection and
classification of millions of eclipsing binary light curves, and the automated
determination of the orbital and stellar parameters for a fraction of the detected
systems. In this poster, we summarize the effort invested by the Gaia consortium
and highlight the scientific potential of the results when exploited with
predictions from binary evolution models and binary population synthesis
models. Applications to existing public surveys such as Hipparcos and OGLE-III
are also shown.

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P2-4: Eclipsing binaries in the Gaia era: automated detection performance

Berry Holl, Nami Mowlavi, Isabelle LecoeurTabi and Geneva Gaia CU7 team
members (University of Geneva, Switzerland)

Binary systems can have periods from a fraction of a day to several years and
exist in a large range of possible configurations at various evolutionary stages.
About 2% of them are oriented such that eclipses can be observed. Such
observations provide unique opportunities for the determination of their orbital
and stellar parameters. Large-scale multi-epoch photometric surveys produce
large sets of eclipsing binaries that allow for statistical studies of binary systems.
In this respect the ESA Gaia mission, launched in December 2013, is expected to
deliver an unprecedented sample of millions of eclipsing binaries. Their
detection from Gaia photometry and estimation of their orbital periods are
essential for their subclassification and orbital and stellar parameter
determination. For a subset of these eclipsing systems, Gaia radial velocities and
astrometric orbital measurements will further complement the Gaia light curves.
A key challenge of the detection and period determination of the expected
millions of Gaia eclipsing binaries is the automation of the procedure. Such an
automated pipeline is being developed within the Gaia Data Processing Analysis
Consortium, in the framework of automated detection and identification of
various types of photometric variable objects. In this poster we discuss the
performance of this pipeline on eclipsing binaries using simulated Gaia data and
the existing Hipparcos data. We show that we can detect a wide range of binary
systems and very often determine their orbital periods from photometry alone,
even though the data sampling is relatively sparse. The results can further be
improved for those objects for which spectroscopic and/or astrometric orbital
measurements will also be available from Gaia.

P2-5: Periodluminosity relations for ellipsoidal binary stars in the OGLE-III fields
of the Large Magellanic Cloud

Michal Pawlak (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland)

We analyse the periodluminosity relation, known as sequence E, formed by
ellipsoidal red giants in close binary systems, and discover that it can be
separated into three subsequences E1, E2, and E3. Based on 475 ellipsoidal
variables, independently detected in the OGLE-III Large Magellanic Cloud fields,
we show that sequence E extends toward shorter periods and roughly divides
into red giant branch (E1) and red clump stars (E2). After more detailed study,
we found a third subsequence (E3) lying below the two previous ones. It is
formed by fainter systems with larger amplitudes. We study the period,
luminosity, and amplitude distributions for different groups of ellipsoidal
binaries identified. Finally, we fit the periodluminosity relations for all three
subsequences and show differences between them.

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P2-6: Hot subdwarfs in (eclipsing) binaries with brown dwarf or low-mass main-
sequence companions

Veronika Schaffenroth1, Stephan Geier2, Uli Heber3,4

1Institute for Astro-Particle Physics Innsbruck, Austria
2ESO Garching, Germany
3Dr. Karl Remeis-Observatory, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-
Nuremberg, Germany
4ECAP, Astronomical Institute, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-
Nuremberg, Germany

The formation of hot subdwarf stars (sdBs), which are core helium-burning stars
located on the extended horizontal branch, is not yet understood. Many of the
known hot subdwarf stars reside in close binary systems with short orbital
periods of between a few hours and a few days, with either M-star or white-
dwarf companions. Common-envelope ejection is the most probable formation
channel. Among these, eclipsing systems are of special importance because it is
possible to constrain the parameters of both components tightly by combining
spectroscopic and light-curve analyses. They are called HW Virginis systems.
Soker (1998) proposed that planetary or brown-dwarf companions could cause
the mass loss necessary to form an sdB. Substellar objects with masses greater
than >10 MJ were predicted to survive the common-envelope phase and end up
in a close orbit around the stellar remnant, while planets with lower masses
would entirely evaporate. This raises the question if planets can affect stellar
evolution. Here we report on newly discovered eclipsing or not eclipsing hot
subdwarf binaries with brown-dwarf or low-mass main-sequence companions
and their spectral and photometric analysis to determine the fundamental
parameters of both components.

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P3-1: Orbital period determination in an eclipsing dwarf nova HT Cas

Karolina Bkowska, Arkadiusz Olech
(N. Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)

HT Cassiopeiae was discovered over seventy years ago (Hoffmeister 1943).
Unfortunately, for 35 years this object did not receive any attention, until the
eclipses of HT Cas were observed by Bond. After a first analysis, Patterson
(1981) called HT Cas a Rosetta stone among dwarf novae. Since then, the
literature on this star is still growing, reaching several dozens of publications.
We present an orbital period determination of HT Cas during the November
2010 super-outburst, but also during a longer time span, to check its stability.


P3-2: The formation and evolution of eccentric binary systems

Philip Davis (IAA, Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)

Observations are revealing a host of post-mass-transfer binary systems in
significantly eccentric orbits, most notably Barium stars [1] and subdwarf-B +
main-sequence systems [2]. Their formation is very puzzling in light of the fact
that tidal forces efficiently circularise the orbit. Using our state-of-the-art binary
stellar evolution code BINSTAR [3], we explore the formation and evolution of
eccentric binary systems within the framework of the osculating orbital theory.
This scheme describes, in a physically realistic manner, the perturbing forces
acting on the orbit arising from mass transfer [4]. Results are presented, showing
the impact of wind losses and Roche lobe overflow on the orbital separation and
eccentricity for a range of initial stellar and binary parameters. As an interesting
case study, we also discuss a promising formation channel for the eccentric
white dwarf + main-sequence binary IP Eri [5], which invokes a tidally enhanced
wind-loss mechanism. Our approach reproduces the observed system
parameters remarkably well [6].

[1] Jorissen A., 1999, IAU Symposium, 191, 437
[2] Vos et al., 2013, A&A, 559, 54
[3] Siess L. et al., 2012, A&A, 550, 100
[4] Hadjidemetriou J., 1969, Ap&SS, 3, 330
[5] Merle et al., 2014, A&A, in press (arXiv:1405.4669)
[6] Siess L., Davis P. J., Jorissen A., 2014, A&A, 565, A57

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P3-3: Interferometry observations of massive hierarchical triple systems

Eric Gosset et al. (Lige Astrophysical Institute, Belgium)

We report an observational astrometric study of the orbit of the tertiary stars in
two massive hierarchical triple systems. The work is complemented by radial
velocity data with the aim to derive the full 3D orbit and constraints on the
orbital planes. This is the first report of the tertiary stars detection for one of the
systems.


P3-4: Stable five-body orbits in the Kepler-47 exoplanet system: Predicting stable
orbits of a possible third circumbinary planet

Tobias Cornelius Hinse (KASI, Republic of Korea)

Kepler-47 is the first multi-body circumbinary planetary system detected by the
Kepler space telescope. The two planets were detected by the transit method. In
the discovery paper, the authors report on the presence of an additional transit-
like signal in their data set, which cannot be explained by a four-body (binary + 2
planets) system. Therefore, it is likely that the unexplained signal could be due to
a third planet. I will present recent results from a dynamical investigation of the
five-body system (binary + 3 planets). We have applied the MEGNO technique to
detect regions of quasi- or near-quasi-periodic orbits of a hypothetical third
planet. Quasiperiodic regions exist for a third planet and the long-term stability
has been tested. Although the existence of a third planet is most likely to be
confirmed from transit photometry we calculate transit-timing variation (TTV)
signals due to the third planet, which also can be used to infer its presence.

P3-5: The long-term evolution of WD merger remnants: RCB stars

Josiah Schwab (UC Berkeley, USA)

We present the results of simulations of the formation and evolution of R
Coronae Borealis stars (RCBs) using the MESA stellar evolution code. We begin
with initial conditions motivated by hydrodynamic simulations of white-dwarf
mergers and the subsequent viscous evolution of the merger remnants. We
discuss the range of white-dwarf binary parameter space (mass ratio, total mass)
in which these objects are expected to form. This information and the calculated
RCB lifetimes, along with WD merger rates from observations or population
synthesis, give estimates of the total number of RCB stars in the Milky Way.
These predictions can be constrained by ongoing and upcoming observations of
the Milky Way (as well as M31), which promise an increasingly complete census
of these objects.

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P3-6: Eccentric binary interactions as origin of some optical transient phenomena

and nebula formation

Jan Staff1, Orsola De Marco1, Pablo Galaviz1, Daniel MacDonald1,
Jean-Claude Passy2

1Macquarie University, Australia
2University of Bonn, Germany

Several nebulae may have been formed by binary interactions between an
asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star and a smaller companion in eccentric orbits.
We have performed a number of three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations
of binary systems consisting of an AGB star and a main-sequence companion in
an eccentric orbit. We explore the effect of varying the masses and the
eccentricities. We started the simulations before the first periastron passage to
be subject to Roche lobe overflow, so that during the first passage primary mass
is transferred to the companion, creating a disk-like structure around it. The
orbit is altered, and we find that the companion is captured into a common
envelope in a few additional periastron passages. We use these simulations as a
basis for an analytic study of the possible jets launched from these simulations,
including energies and momenta, and compare our results to ranges of
observations. Finally we calculate the light emerging from these interactions.


P4-1: Wind-driven evolution of white dwarf binaries to Type Ia supernovae

Iminhaji Ablimit, Xiang-dong Li
(Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University, China)

In the single-degenerate scenario for the progenitors of Type Ia supernovae (SNe
Ia), a white dwarf rapidly accretes hydrogen- or helium-rich material from its
companion star and appears as a supersoft X-ray source. This picture has been
challenged by the properties of supersoft X-ray sources with very low-mass
companions and observations of several nearby SNe Ia. It has been pointed out
that the X-ray radiation or the wind from the accreting white dwarf can excite
winds or strip mass from the companion star, thus significantly influencing the
mass-transfer processes. In this paper, we perform detailed calculations of the
wind-driven evolution of white dwarf binaries. We present the parameter space
for the possible SNe Ia progenitors and for the surviving companions after the SN
explosions. The results show that the former companion stars of SNe Ia have
characteristics that are more compatible with the observations, compared with
those in the traditional single-degenerate scenario.

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P4-2: Light curve morphology analysis of contact binaries observed with the
Kepler satellite

Bartomiej Debski, Stanisaw Zoa
(Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University, Poland)

Light-curve morphology analysis of contact binaries provides model-
independent insight into the short-term evolution of the system activity. Light-
curve morphology applied to the Kepler data of contact binaries reveals directly
the migration spot connection to the light curves intrinsic rapid changes. Since
the flat-bottom secondary minima cannot be studied in the way Tran et al.
(2013) or Conroy et al. (2014) did, we measure the actual light-curve minimum,
instead of the presumed mid-eclipse time. This, combined with the study of the
minimum depth, allowed us to uncover the direction of the spot migration for
particular binaries. At the same time, the OConnell effect evolution and the
maxima separation confronted with modeling based on the WilsonDevinney
code agree with polar dark spots. The combined results of this new approach
offer constraints on the star spots size, temperature and latitude at high
precision.


P4-3: Search for symbiotic star candidates in the Galactic plane

Krystian Ilkiewicz1, Joanna Mikolajewska2, Michael Shara3

1Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland
2N. Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland
3American Museum of Natural History, USA

At the beginning of the 21st Century, only 200 symbiotic stars were known.
Thanks to recent dedicated projects, this number is continuously increasing.
However, only a handful of symbiotic stars have been discovered in the Galactic
plane, where they should be most numerous. This hinders the study of the
populations of symbiotic stars and related interacting binaries with red-giant
donors. All these systems have thus far been discovered via optical surveys, and
these samples are severely limited by dust extinction. Here we present
preliminary results of an ongoing search for symbiotic binary candidates based
on both broad- and narrow-band IR photometry. Our candidates will also be
searched for via their X-ray emission using existing catalogues. Such systems are
particularly interesting because they may contain massive white dwarfs and so
be related to Type Ia SNe progenitors.

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P4-4: Study of the Hurst exponent of Kepler contact binaries

Mariusz Tarnopolski, Bartomiej Debski
(Jagiellonian University, Poland)

We have measured the Hurst exponent (HE) of 19 (to date) Center Between
Maxima (CBM) OC diagrams of contact binaries observed with the Kepler space
telescope, developed for following the migration of star spots at high precision.
All HEs are significantly greater than 0.5, indicating a persistent behavior. One of
the binaries (KIC 6057829) possesses an HE close to unity, implying strict
periodicity underlying the fluctuating migration, confirmed by the LombScargle
periodogram. The correlation between HE and orbital period shows that high-HE
(>0.9) binaries tend to gather around a typical contact-binary period (0.37 days).
The correlation between HE and the spot activity period shows a considerably
uniform distribution among all HE values. Ongoing research may provide
significant insight into spot migration dynamics in the near future.


P5-1: Activity in quiescent X-ray binaries

Charles Bailyn (Yale University, USA; YaleNUS College, Singapore)

Soft X-ray transients are some of the best-studied stellar-mass black holes. They
undergo occasional massive outbursts, during which the X-ray luminosity can
reach the Eddington limit. Most of the time, however, they are seen in a
quiescent state in which the optical/IR light from the source is dominated by the
companion star. During quiescence, the orbital parameters of the system,
including the masses of the two components, can be accurately measured. Most
studies of quiescent X-ray binaries focus on work of this kind, leading to robust
determinations of the mass distribution of black holes in these systems. Recently
however, attention has been focused on the low-level residual accretion in these
systems in quiescence. Such accretion complicates the measurement of the
binary parameters, but here I focus attention on the nature of the low-level
accretion flow itself. The mass accretion rates are quite low, with L/LEdd as low
as 109. Such low accretion rates are of great interest, since they are thought to
result in very radiatively inefficient mass accretion and provide useful
information on phenomena near the event horizon of the black hole. They also
provide a strong lever arm on the universal X-ray/radio flux ratio.

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P5-2: Possible indirect confirmation of the existence of Pop III massive stars by
gravitational waves

Tomoya Kinugawa1, Kohei Inayoshi2, Kenta Hotokezaka3, Daisuke Nakauchi1,
Takashi Nakamura1

1Kyoto University, Japan
2Columbia University, USA
3The Hebrew University, Israel

We perform population synthesis simulations for Population III (Pop III)
coalescing binary neutron stars (NSNSs), neutron starblack hole binaries (NS
BHs), and binary black holes (BHBHs) which merge within the age of the
Universe. We upgrade the open numerical code (Hurley et al. 2002) for
Population I (Pop I) stars to Pop III stars. We found that the typical mass of Pop
III BHBHs is ~30 M, so that the in-spiral chirp signal of gravitational waves can
be detected up to z=0.28 by KAGRA, Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and the GEO
network. Our new simulations suggest that the detection rate of the coalescing
Pop III BHBHs is 140(68)(SFRp/(102.5 M yr1 Mpc3))Errsys events yr1 for
a flat (Salpeter) initial mass function (IMF), respectively, where SFRp and Errsys
are the peak value of the Pop III star-formation rate and the possible systematic
errors due to the assumptions in Pop III population synthesis, respectively. For
the Einstein Telescope, the detection rate is ~ 80 times higher and the detection
range is up to z~3. From observations of the chirp signal of the coalescing Pop III
BHBHs, we can determine both the mass and the redshift of the binary for the
cosmological parameters determined by the Planck satellite. Our simulations
suggest that the cumulative redshift distribution of the coalescing Pop III BH
BHs depends almost only on the cosmological parameters. We might be able to
confirm the existence of Pop III massive stars of mass ~30M by detections of
gravitational waves if the merger rate of the Pop III massive BHBHs dominates
that of Pop I BHBHs.


P5-3: An X-ray orbit of HD 150136 unveils its physical properties

Jean-Christophe Leyder, A. M. T. Pollock
(ESA/ESAC, Spain)

The nearest O3-type star known belongs to HD 150136, a triple system. The
variability exhibited by its X-ray light curve could be due to shocks created by
the collision between the stellar winds. In order to definitively identify the origin
of the X-ray variability, our team recently secured the first X-ray observation of
HD 150136 over an entire orbital period (2.7 days). We will present the first
results of our X-ray study of HD 150136, and we will show how X-ray
observations help unveil some physical properties in this system.

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P5-4: Observations of short-duration gamma-ray bursts

Alexei Pozanenko1, Alina Volnova1, Namkhai Tungalag2, Leonid Elenin3, Igor
Molotov3, Victor Voropaev3, Sergey Schmalz4

1Space Research Institute, Russia
2Centre of Astronomy and Geophysics, MAS, Mongolia
3Institute for Applied Mathematics, Russia
4Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics, Potsdam, Germany

Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) are the most powerful cosmological catastrophes in the
Universe, with energy releases of 1048 1053 erg within a few tens of seconds. It
is widely believed that progenitors of the short-duration class of GRB can be
merging relativistic binary systems such as a neutron star (NS) and a black hole
(BH) or NSNS. We review the physics of GRBs, their phenomenological
properties and observational evidence of GRBs, emphasizing optical
observations of GRBs from Mongolia.


P5-5: Observational signatures of past mass-exchange episodes in massive
binaries

Franoise Raucq1, Gregor Rauw1, Eric Gosset1, Jean Manfroid1, Yal Naz1,
Hugues Sana2

1University of Lige, Belgium
2Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA

Mass and momentum exchanges in massive binaries can produce several
observational signatures, such as asynchronous rotation and altered chemical
compositions, which remain once the stars detach again. We have started to
investigate these effects for a sample of detached massive O-star binaries that
are thought to have previously experienced a Case A Roche lobe overflow. Using
phase-resolved spectroscopy, we perform the disentangling of the spectra of the
two stars. The reconstructed primary and secondary spectra are then analyzed
to determine a range of stellar effective temperatures and gravity, as well as
rotational velocities. Using model atmosphere codes we also constrain the
chemical composition of the components. In this contribution, we present the
first results of our analyses of HD149404 (O7.5If + ON9.5I, P = 9.81 days) and
LSS3074 (O5If + O7.58, P = 2.18 days).

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P5-6: A blue point source at the location of supernova 2011dh

Melina Bersten1, Gaston Folatelli1, Omar G. Benvenuto2, Kenichi Nomoto1,
Schuyler D. Van Dyk3, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti4, Keiichi Maeda5, Takaya Nozawa6,
Robert Quimby1,7

1University of Tokyo/Kavli IPMU, Japan
2IALP/Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
3IPAC/California Institute of Technology, USA
4MAS/University of Chile, Chile
5Kyoto University, Japan
6National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan
7San Diego State University, USA

We conducted Hubble Space Telescope observations of the field of the Type IIb
supernova (SN) 2011dh in M51 about 1161 rest-frame days after explosion
using the Wide Field Camera 3 and near-UV filters F225W and F336W. A star-
like object is detected in both bands and the photometry indicates it has negative
(F225W F336W) color. The photometric properties of the object are
compatible with those predicted for the companion of the yellow supergiant
progenitor in the interacting binary models previously presented by us (Bersten
et al. 2012, ApJ, 757, 31; Benvenuto et al. 2013, ApJ, 762, 74). We also study the
possibility that the observed flux is due to the SN ejecta itself in case of strong
circumstellar-medium interaction, or to an unresolved light echo. Using different
estimates of the dust extinction, including newly formed dust in the SN ejecta, we
are able to provide parameters of the proposed binary system. Further
multiband observations are required in order to confirm the identification of the
object as the companion star, and to fully characterize the binary system. If
confirmed, this is the first direct detection of a binary companion of a core-
collapse SN progenitor.


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The Binary star DataBase (BDB): The new service providing basic data for
binary and multiple systems

Ekaterina Avvakumova1, Pavel Kaygorodov2, Dana Kovaleva1, Oleg Malkov1

1Ural Federal University, Russia
2Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

The fully operational version of the worlds principal database of binary and
multiple systems of all observational types, BDB, is presented. The Binary star
DataBase is available at http://bdb.inasan.ru and is created as a resource joining
the comprehensive information on binary stars of all observational and
evolutionary types. It provides the user with a synthesis of data of a large variety
of catalogues and databases of binaries of different types: visual, orbital,
astrometric, eclipsing, spectroscopic, photometric, etc. The BDB contains all data
from catalogues on about 50,000 stellar systems of multiplicity 2 to 22:
positional, photometric, spectroscopic, orbital, and astrophysical parameters are
provided when available. Organization of the information is based on careful
cross-identification of the objects. This allows the user, in particular, to search
data on binaries having certain sets of parameters within the complete
catalogued data set.


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MongolianRussian cooperation at the Khureltogoot observatory in the
ISON project framework

Namkhai Tungalag1, Buyankhishig Rentsenmyagmar1, Bayarbat Turmunkh1,
Shijirbayar Tsogt-Ochir1, Igor Molotov2, Viktor Voropaev2, Vladimir Kouprianov3,
Yury Krugly4, Sergey Schmalz5, Aleksey Pozanenko6

1Research Center of Astronomy and Geophysics, Mongolia
2Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, RAS, Moscow, Russia
3Central Astronomical Observatory, RAS, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
4Institute of Astronomy of the Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv,
Ukraine
5Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics, Potsdam, Germany
6Space Research Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia

Since autumn 2012, the Research Center of Astronomy and Geophysics, Academy
of Sciences of Mongolia, in collaboration with the International Scientific Optical
Network (ISON) coordinated by the Keldysh Institute for Applied Mathematics
(KIAM), Russian Academy of Sciences, have conducted a large number of
astronomical observations of space debris, asteroids, and the optical afterglows
of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) at the new facility of the Khureltogoot observatory
near Ulaanbaatar. To the date, ISON joins 35 observation facilities with 80
telescopes of apertures from 12.5 cm to 2.6 m in 15 countries and carries out
research on space debris, asteroids, and GRBs. 8.4 million measurements in 1.21
million tracklets of about 4000 Earth-orbiting objects were collected by the ISON
network in 2013. It is planned that a part of the orbital data will be accessible via
a UN-hosted web page in 2014. A new pavilion was built at Khureltogoot during
2012 to initiate collaboration with ISON. Since November 2012, observations
began with the VT-78a 19.2 cm telescopes, with a field of view of 77 degrees on
a robotic WS-180 mount. The telescope is controlled by the CHAOS TCS software;
CCD image processing is done using the APEX II software platform developed
within the ISON project. This telescope provides extended surveys of a visible
part of the geostationary ring from 0 to 20 degrees inclination, with up to 15
thousand measurements of 500 to 700 objects per night. The limiting magnitude
is 14 mag for 10 s exposure time, while the time span of individual tracklets is up
to several hours. These surveys help KIAM to increase the accuracy of
geostationary Earth-orbit (GEO) object orbits for conjunction analysis, to detect
maneuvers of active satellites, and to assist in maintaining the orbits of GEO
objects in clusters. Moreover, many HEO objects are detected as a by-product.
Since November 2013, a new 40 cm telescope, ORI-40 with the field of view of
2.32.3 degrees on a robotic WS-240 mount, has been commissioned to provide
dedicated observations of faint space debris fragments. The limiting magnitude
is 16.5 mag for 10 s exposure time.

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G3: Astronomical hosting in Mongolia

Alina Volnova1, Alexei Pozanenko1, N. Tungalag2, G. Davaakhuu2, Sergey Guziy3,
Evgeniy Klunko4, Igor Molotov5

1IKI/Space Research Institute, Russia
2Research Center of Astronomy & Geophysics of the Mongolian Academy of
Sciences, Mongolia
3Nikolaev University, Russia
4ISTP, Russia
5KIAM/Institute for Applied Mathematics, Russia

Networked projects such as gamma-ray burst follow-up optical observations
with ground-based telescopes require worldwide coverage. In choosing places
for new astronomical observatories one of the most important criteria is the
number of clear-sky night hours. We are investigating potentially interesting
sites in Mongolia and present results about the numbers of clear sky night hours
(as well as some other parameters) at different sites in Mongolia, collected with
weather stations and our own observations over several years. We also discuss
the possibility of astronomical hosting at the sites and the future development of
networked projects.

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PARTICIPANTS

Surname

Ablimit

Avvakumova
Bailyn

Bkowska

Belczynski




Bersten

Caballero-Nieves
Chaty

Chen

Davis
Debski

de Grijs

de Mink
Deng

Deschamps

Elliott

Garcia
Geller
Glebbeek
Gosset
Grellmann
Grudzinska

Han

Hinse
Hirai
Iaconi
Ilkiewicz
Izzard

Jiang

Kinugawa
Kobayashi
Kolb
Kolenberg

Kouwenhoven
Leyder
Li

Luo

Maceroni
Madura
Michaely
Mikolajewska
Mowlavi

First Name
Iminhaji
Ekaterina
Charles
Karolina
Chris


Melina
Saida
Sylvain
Xuefei

Institute/Country
Nanjing University/China
UrFU/Russia
Yale University/USA
N. Copernicus Astronomical Center/Poland
Warsaw University/Poland, University of Texas at
Brownsville/USA
Kavli IPMU/Japan
University of Sheffield/UK
Institut Universitaire de France/France
Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of
Sciences/China
Philip
Universit Libre de Bruxelles (IAA)/Belgium
Bartomiej
Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian
University/Poland
Richard
Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Peking University/China
Selma
CalTech/USA
Licai
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese
Academy of Sciences/China
Romain
European Southern Observatory/Chile,
Universit Libre de Bruxelles/Belgium
Paul

European Southern Observatory/Chile, University
of Exeter/UK
Paulo
Porto University/Portugal
Aaron
Northwestern University/USA
Evert
Radboud University/Netherlands
Eric

Astrophysical Institute, Lige University/Belgium
Rebekka
University of Cologne/Germany
Mira
Astronomical Observatory University of
Warsaw/Poland
Zhanwen
Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of
Sciences/China
Tobias
KASI/Republic of Korea
Ryosuke
Waseda University/Japan
Roberto
Macquarie University/Australia
Krystian
Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory/Poland
Robert
Argelander Institut fr Astronomie, University of
Bonn/Germany
Dengkai
Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of
Sciences/China
Tomoya
Kyoto University/Japan
Chiaki
University of Hertfordshire/UK
Ulrich
The Open University/UK
Katrien
HarvardSmithsonian Center for Astrophysics/USA,
Leuven University/Belgium
M.B.N. (Thijs) Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking
University/China
Jean-Christophe ESA/ESAC, Spain
Chengyuan
Peking University/China
Zhiquan
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese
Academy of Sciences/China
Carla
INAFOAR/Italy
Thomas
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/USA
Erez
Technion/Israel
Joanna
N. Copernicus Astronomical Center/Poland
Nami
University of Geneva/Switzerland

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Surname

Natsagdorj

Nomoto

Pawlak

Podsiadlowski
Politano

Pols


Power

Pozanenko

Raucq

Rebassa-Mansergas

First Name
Enkhjargal
Kenichi
Michal
Philipp
Michael
Onno
Chris
Alexei
Franoise
Alberto

Renchin

Rivera Sandoval
Sana

Schaffenroth

Schwab

Sener

Sodnomsambuu

Tsolmon
Liliana
Hugues
Veronika
Josiah
H. Tugca
Demberel

Soker
Spurzem

Noam
Rainer

Staff
Stancliffe

Jan

Richard

Szcsi

Dorottya

Tarnopolski
Tokovinin
Toonen
Trimble
Tungalag

Mariusz
Andrei
Silvia
Virginia
Namkhai

Vanbeveren
Vats

Volnova

Dany
Smriti
Alina

Voropaev
Wang

Viktor
Kun

Wiktorowicz

Grzegorz

Yang

Shuzheng

Yoon
Yuan
Zhang

Sung Chul
Haibo
Xiaobin

Zinnecker

Hans

Institute/Country
National University of Mongolia/Mongolia
University of Tokyo/Kavli IPMU/Japan
Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory/Poland
Oxford University/UK
Marquette University/USA
Radboud University Nijmegen/Netherlands
ICRAR/University of Western Australia
Space Research Institute/Russia
University of Lige/Belgium
Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Peking University/China
National University of Mongolia/Mongolia
University of Amsterdam/Netherlands
Space Telescope Science Institute/USA
Institute for Astro-Particle Physics Innsbruck/Austria
UC Berkeley/USA
Armagh Observarory/UK
Research Center for Astronomy and Geophysics,
Mongolian Academy of Sciences/Mongolia
Technion/Israel
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese
Academy of Sciences/China
Macquarie University/Australia
Argelander-Institut fr Astronomy, University of
Bonn/Germany
Argelander Institut fr Astronomie, University of
Bonn/Germany
Jagiellonian University/Poland
Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory/Chile
Leiden University/Netherlands
University of California, Irvine/USA
Research Center for Astronomy and Geophysics,
Mongolian Academy of Sciences/Mongolia
Vrije Universiteit Brussel/Belgium
University of Amsterdam/Netherlands
Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of
Sciences/Russia
Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, RAS/Russia
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese
Academy of Sciences/China
Astronomical Observatory University of
Warsaw/Poland
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese
Academy of Sciences/China
Seoul National University/Republic of Korea
Peking University/China
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese
Academy of Sciences/China
SOFIA/USA and Germany