Physics of Eclipsing Binaries. VI. Hot, compact stars

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Models of eclipsing binaries require the assignment of appropriate emergent intensities to the surface elements of the binary components. For distance-dependent modelling of flux-calibrated light curves, this necessitates an approximation of the absolute normal intensities of both components of the binary, as well as how their brightness varies across the stellar disks (limb darkening). Such surface intensities are often inferred from other physical properties of the synthetic binary (effective temperature, surface gravity, etc.) through the use of model atmospheres, which in turn are generally suited to a particular range of stellar types or parameters. Here, we present the major developments included in the PHOEBE 2.5 release (publicly available from http://phoebe-project.org), which improve the fidelity of model binaries comprising hot, compact stars. These developments include the incorporation model atmospheres produced using the Tübingen Model Atmosphere Package (TMAP) and Montré

Physics of Eclipsing Binaries. VI. Hot, compact stars David Jones Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain Nicole Reindl Landessternwarte Heidelberg, Zentrum für Astronomie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Königstuhl 12, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany Kyle E. Conroy Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA James Munday Institute for Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24/25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany Department o

Physics of Eclipsing Binaries. VI. Hot, compact stars

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