A Contact Binary Misclassified as an Ellipsoidal Variable: Complications for Detached Black Hole Searches

Identifying sources exhibiting ellipsoidal variability in large photometric surveys is becoming a promising method to search for candidate detached black holes (BHs) in binaries. This technique aims to exploit the orbital-phase-dependent modulation in optical photometry caused by the BH distorting t...

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Main Authors: O’Doherty, Tyrone N., Bahramian, Arash, Goodwin, Adelle J., Miller-Jones, James C. A., Orosz, J. A., Strader, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2024
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP200102471
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96293