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arxiv: 0812.3386 · v1 · submitted 2008-12-17 · 🌌 astro-ph

Two pairs of interacting EBs towards the LMC in the OGLE database

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keywords resonancedatabaseinteractingoglepairsalignmentapparentbinaries
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A single point source on the OGLE LMC database shows the characteristics of two superimposed eclipsing binaries (EBs). The two EBs happen to have periods very close to the 3:2 resonance. The telescope's small PSF and the apparent resonance between the two EBs raises the suspicion that this is not chance alignment but rather a compact hierarchical system of two pairs of interacting EBs in 3:2 resonance.

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