Extragalactic eclipsing binaries: astrophysical laboratories |
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| Institution: | 1. Merchant Marine College, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China;2. School of Energy and Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Engineering Materials Application and Evaluation, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai 201209, China;3. Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Advanced Thermal Functional Materials, Shanghai 201209, China;1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China;2. Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Beier Tiao, Beijing 100190, China |
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| Abstract: | Extragalactic eclipsing binaries open a new perspective on the study of stellar structure and evolution. Stars in different galaxies have formed and evolved in environments with chemical histories that may differ from those of the solar neighborhood. For example, the LMC and SMC contain low-metallicity, young massive stars that are no longer found in our Galaxy. Eclipsing binaries, yielding accurate determinations of masses, radii and temperatures, allow for critical tests of, e.g., convective overshooting, mass loss, and internal structure. In addition, they provide an empirical calibration of the mass-luminosity relationship. In this paper, I present some results from ongoing programs on the determination of physical properties and distances to eclipsing binaries in the LMC, the SMC, and M31. In particular, I focus on aspects relevant to stellar astrophysics, and on the contributions of these eclipsing binaries to our understanding of the structure and chemical evolution of the host galaxies. |
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