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Detecting eclipsing binaries with Gaia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2014

B. Holl ,
N. Mowlavi ,
L. Eyer ,
L. Rimoldini ,
C. Siopis ,
I. Lecoeur-Taibi  and
F. Barblan
B. Holl
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Geneva University, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
N. Mowlavi
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Geneva University, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
L. Eyer
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Geneva University, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
L. Rimoldini
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Geneva University, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
C. Siopis
Affiliation:
Institut d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
I. Lecoeur-Taibi
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Geneva University, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
F. Barblan
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Geneva University, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
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Abstract

The ESA space mission Gaia, planned to be launched at the end of 2013, will make astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic measurements of about 1 billion sources in our Galaxy. Amongst these sources will be numerous multiple systems. In the processing chain eclipsing binaries (EBs) will be detected and, if possible, their period and characteristics determined. Here we summarize the various steps that are foreseen to automatically classify and characterise these EBs.

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