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2026AJ....171..159M - Astron. J., 171, 159 (2026/March-0)

A Not-so-compact Companion: Massive, Oversized White Dwarf in a Post-common-envelope Eclipsing Binary.

MOTHERWAY E., LINCK E., MATHIEU R.D., DIXON D., STASSUN K.G., BREIVIK K., MAJEWSKI S. and POLS O.R.

Abstract (from CDS):

We provide a detailed characterization of 2M07515777+1807352, a post-common-envelope eclipsing binary system with a 10.3-day, nearly (but not quite) circular orbit (e = 0.02). This system consists of a massive white dwarf (WD; 1.08 M⊙) and a 4400 K main-sequence companion (0.66 M⊙). This WD is among the most massive known within post-common-envelope binary systems. We also find, through both spectral energy distribution and TESS light-curve analyses, that the WD has a radius of 1.54 ± 0.07 R⊕, roughly 12σ larger than the expected value from WD mass-radius relationships. Both the Lomb-Scargle analysis and the $v\sin i$ of the system indicate that the main-sequence companion is supersynchronously rotating at a period of ∼6 days, which may suggest that accretion occurred during the evolution of the system. This binary also shares similar physical characteristics with six other post-common-envelope systems hosting massive WDs, which may point to a shared formation pathway. We model the history of this system with COSMIC and find that it likely formed through an episode of common-envelope evolution following the onset of mass transfer when the progenitor primary was on either the early or thermally pulsing stages of the asymptotic giant branch. As a result of its properties, the study of 2M07515777+1807352 can provide new insights regarding many key outstanding questions in our understanding of common-envelope evolution.

Abstract Copyright: © 2026. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Binary stars - Common envelope evolution - Close binary stars - Common envelope binary stars - Eclipsing binary stars - Stellar evolution - Stellar physics - Multiple star evolution - White dwarf stars

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