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2024ApJ...961L..45S - Astrophys. J., 961, L45 (2024/February-1)

The First TESS Self-lensing Pulses: Revisiting KIC 12254688.

SORABELLA N.M., LAYCOCK S.G.T., CHRISTODOULOU D.M. and BHATTACHARYA S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the observations of two self-lensing pulses from KIC 12254688 in Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) light curves. This system, containing an F2V star and white-dwarf companion, was among the first self-lensing binary systems discovered by the Kepler Space Telescope over the past decade. Each observed pulse occurs when the white dwarf transits in front of its companion star, gravitationally lensing the star's surface, thus making it appear brighter to a distant observer. These two pulses are the very first self-lensing events discovered in TESS observations. We describe the methods by which the data were acquired and detrended, as well as the best-fit binary parameters deduced from our self-lensing+radial velocity model. We highlight the difficulties of finding new self-lensing systems with TESS, and we discuss the types of self-lensing systems that TESS may be more likely to discover in the future.

Abstract Copyright: © 2024. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Compact binary stars - Gravitational microlensing - White dwarf stars

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