Barnes-Evans relations for dwarfs with an application to the determination ofdistances to cataclysmic variables

2006/09/26 by K. Beuermann · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Apparent magnitude #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Brightness #Cataclysmic variable star #Intermediate polar #Stars #Stellar classification #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Surface brightness #Variable star #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065930

Astronomy & Astrophysics in press, 11 pages

openalex publication_date 2006/09/26 · arxiv created 2006/10/19 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. Barnes-Evans type relations provide an empirical relationship between the surface brightness of stars and their color. They are widely used for measuring the distances to stars of known radii, as the Roche-lobe filling secondaries in cataclysmic variables (CVs).

Citations

• Interferometric Astrometry withHubble Space TelescopeFine Guidance Sensor 3: The Parallax of the Cataclysmic Variable TV Columbae
• JHKLM photometry - Standard systems, passbands, and intrinsic colors
• Angular Diameters of Stars from the Mark III Optical Interferometer
• Absolute Dimensions of the M‐Type Eclipsing Binary YY Geminorum (Castor C): A Challenge to Evolutionary Models in the Lower Main Sequence
• First radius measurements of very low mass stars with the VLTI

Cited by

• The Intermediate Polar EI UMa: A Prepolar Cataclysmic Variable
• The high-field polar RX J1007.5–2017