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Finding new compact binaries using photometry

Speaker

Prof. Pak Hin Thomas TAM

Affiliation

Sun Yat-sen University

Date June 12, 2025 (Thursday)
Time 11:00 a.m.
Venue Room 522, 5/F, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building, The University of Hong Kong

Abstract

This talk will include two parts. The first part concerns our on-going efforts in searching for new compact binaries. In recent years, planet-search satellites such as Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have opened an era of high-precision photometry of a large number of stars.  I demonstrate that TESS and ZTF photometric data are very useful in identifying periodicities of known spider-like systems, by observing the orbital period-modulated flux variation from the stellar companion. We report a group of potential compact binaries.

 

Anyone interested is welcome to attend.