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arXiv, 2019

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1901.07981

Oxford University Press (OUP), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2(485), p. 1614-1625

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz283

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The PDS 110 observing campaign – photometric and spectroscopic observations reveal eclipses are aperiodic

Journal article published in 2019 by Hugh P. Osborn ORCID, Matthew Kenworthy ORCID, Joseph E. Rodriguez, Ernst J. W. de Mooij ORCID, James Roa, Grant M. Kennedy ORCID, Howard Relles, Edward Gomez, Michael Hippke ORCID, Massimo Banfi, Lorenzo Barbieri, Igor S. Becker, Paul Benni, Perry Berlind, Allyson Bieryla and other authors.
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Abstract

PDS 110 is a young disk-hosting star in the Orion OB1A association. Two dimming events of similar depth and duration were seen in 2008 (WASP) and 2011 (KELT), consistent with an object in a closed periodic orbit. In this paper we present data from a ground-based observing campaign designed to measure the star both photometrically and spectroscopically during the time of predicted eclipse in September 2017. Despite high-quality photometry, the predicted eclipse did not occur, although coherent structure is present suggesting variable amounts of stellar flux or dust obscuration. We also searched for RV oscillations caused by any hypothetical companion and can rule out close binaries to 0.1 $M_⊙$. A search of Sonneberg plate archive data also enabled us to extend the photometric baseline of this star back more than 50 years, and similarly does not re-detect any deep eclipses. Taken together, they suggest that the eclipses seen in WASP and KELT photometry were due to aperiodic events. It would seem that PDS 110 undergoes stochastic dimmings that are shallower and shorter-duration than those of UX Ori variables, but may have a similar mechanism.