The First Photometric and Spectroscopic Study of Contact Binary V2840 Cygni

The first photometric,spectroscopic and period variation studies of neglected short-period eclipsing binary V2840Cygni are presented.High mass ratio contact binaries(HMRCBs),especially those in the weak-contact configuration,are vital when probing the evolutionary models of contact binaries(CBs) using stellar parameters.The photometric solutions reveal the weak-contact nature of V2840 Cygni with a high mass ratio(~1.36),motivating us to investigate the nature of such binaries.The period variation study of V2840 Cygni spanning 15 yr shows a secular period decrease at a rate of ~5.5 × 10^(-7) day yr^(-1),indicating mass transfer between the components.The superimposed cyclic variation provides a basic understanding of the possible third body(P_(3)- 8 yr,m_(3)- 0.51 M_(⊙)).Following the derived parameters,the evolution of the system is discussed based on the thermal relaxation oscillation(TRO) model.It is found that V2840 Cygni falls in a special category of HMRCBs,which validates TRO.To characterize the nature of HMRCBs,a catalog of 59 CBs with high mass ratios has been compiled along with their derived parameters from the literature.For all the HMRCBs in the study,a possible correlation between their contact configuration and observed period variations for relative log J_(rel) is discussed.The spectroscopic study of V2840 Cygni provides evidence of the presence of magnetic activity in the system and the existence of ongoing mass transfer which is additionally deduced from the period variation study.The LAMOST spectra of 17 HMRCBs are collected to interpret the stellar magnetic activity in such systems.

The Preliminary Statistical Analysis of LAMOST DR8 Low Resolution AFGK Stars

We download the Large sky Area Multi-Object fiber Spectroscopic Telescope Data Release 8(LAMOST DR8)low resolution catalog for 6,478,063 AFGK type stars and plot the figures of effective temperature,gravitational acceleration and metal abundance.Some small and medium mass stars are evolved from pre-main sequence or main sequence stage to planetary nebula stage or white dwarf stage by the stellar evolution code MESA.We analyze the observed statistical data and model calculation results,and then obtain some basic conclusions preliminarily.Most red giant and asymptotic giant branch stars with log g less than 0.85 have poor metal abundance.Most hot A type main-sequence stars are metal-rich stars with log g from 3.5 to 4.5.The conclusions are reasonable within a certain error range.The theory of a gap area in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram for stellar evolutions of medium mass stars is reflected in the statistical plots.The central core hydrogen burning stage and the central core helium burning stage correspond to the peak structures in the statistical plots for gravitational acceleration.The metal abundances among A,F,G and K type stars have a wide distribution.We cannot simply replace the metal abundances of these stars with the metal abundance of the Sun when doing fine research work.