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Jia-Jia He

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KIC 6464285: A Solar-type Eclipsing Binary in a Hierarchical Triple System with Quasi-periodic Out-of-eclipse Modulations

We present the first detailed analysis of the solar-type triple system KIC 6464285. Combining long-term, high-precision photometry from Kepler, TESS, and ZTF with low-resolution spectra from LAMOST and near-infrared high-resolution spectra from SDSS/APOGEE, we performed a joint analysis of the light curves, eclipse timing variations (ETVs), and radial velocities. Spectroscopic analysis reveals the system to be triple-lined, with the inner binary's primary being a G-type main-sequence star and a mass ratio of $0.627(7)$. Light curve modeling indicates that the inner binary is detached, with filling factors of approximately 26\% and 11\% for the primary and secondary, respectively, and a tertiary light contribution of about 27\%. ETV analysis shows a significant light-travel-time effect (LTTE), consistent with the presence of the tertiary companion, whose minimum mass is estimated as $M_{3,\rm min}=0.74(1)~M_\odot$. The light curve exhibits a pronounced O'Connell effect and quasi-periodic variations, indicative of starspot activity modulating the photometry on a $\sim$131-day timescale. Kepler observations further reveal 30 superflares, each with total energies exceeding $10^{34}$ erg. This study presents detailed observational constraints on the orbital configuration, stellar properties, and magnetic activity of KIC 6464285, providing a benchmark for studies of hierarchical triple systems.

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New Photometric Investigation of the Low-Mass-Ratio Contact Binary Star V1853 Orionis

Four-color charge-coupled device (CCD) light curves in $B$, $V$, $Rc$ and $Ic$ bands of the total-eclipsing binary system, V1853 Ori, are presented. By comparing our light curves with those published by previous investigators, it is detected that the O'Connell effect on the light curves is disappeared. By analyzing those multi-color light curves with the Wilson-Devinney code (W-D code), it is discovered that V1853 Ori is an A-type intermediate-contact binary with a degree of contact factor of $f=33.3\%(3.7\%)$ and a mass ratio of $q=0.1896(0.0013)$. Combining our 10 new determined times of light minima together with the others published in the literature, the period changes of the system is investigated. We found that the general trend of the observed-calculated $(O-C)$ curve shows a downward parabolic variation that corresponds to a long-term decrease in the orbital period with a rate of $dP/dt=-1.96(0.46)\times{10^{-7}}$ d yr$^{-1}$. The long-term period decrease could be explained by mass transfer from the more-massive component to the less-massive one. By combining our photometric solutions with the Gaia DR 2 data, absolute parameters were derived as $M_{1}$ = 1.20 M$_{\odot}$, $M_{2}$ = 0.23 M$_{\odot}$, $R_{1}$ = 1.36 R$_{\odot}$, and $R_{2}$ = 0.66 R$_{\odot}$. The long-term period decrease and the intermediate-contact configuration suggest that V1853 Ori will evolve into a high fill-out overcontact binary.

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Photometric Investigation of the K-type Extreme-Shallow Contact Binary V1799 Orion

New multi-color light curves of the very short period K-type eclipsing binary V1799 Ori were obtained and analyzed with the W-D code. The photometric solutions reveal that the system is a W-type shallow-contact binary with a mass ratio of $q=1.335(\pm0.005)$ and a degree of contact about $f = 3.5(\pm1.1)\%$. In general, the results are in good agreement with which is reported by Samec. The remarkable O'Connell effects in the light curves are well explained by employing star spots on the binary surface, which confirms that the system is active at present. Several new times of light minimum were obtained. All the available times of light minimum were collected, along with the recalculated and new obtained. Applying a least-squares method to the constructed O-C diagram, a new ephemeris was derived for V1799 Ori. The orbital period is found to show a continuous weak increase at a rate of $1.8(\pm0.6)\times10^{-8}$ days$\cdot$yr$^{-1}$. The extreme-shallow contact, together with the period increase, suggests that the binary may be at a critical stage predicted by the TRO theory. \keywords{binaries : close -- binaries : eclipsing -- stars: individual (V1799 Ori)

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