NASA NTRS · 19730008094
A computer program for modeling non-spherical eclipsing binary star systems
Abstract
The accurate analysis of eclipsing binary light curves is fundamental to obtaining information on the physical properties of stars. The model described accounts for the important geometric and photometric distortions such as rotational and tidal distortion, gravity brightening, and reflection effect. This permits a more accurate analysis of interacting eclipsing star systems. The model is designed to be useful to anyone with moderate computing resources. The programs, written in FORTRAN 4 for the IBM 360, consume about 80k bytes of core. The FORTRAN program listings are provided, and the computational aspects are described in some detail.
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Wood, D. B.. 1972-12-01. A computer program for modeling non-spherical eclipsing binary star systems. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19730008094
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