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SDSS J233325 .92+152222.1和中间极的演化

SDSS J233325.92+152222.1 and the evolution of intermediate polars

John Southworth, B. T. Gaensicke, T. R. Marsh, D. de Martino, A. Aungwerojwit

摘要:

中极星(IP)是激变变星,其中包含旋转周期短于双星轨道周期的磁性白矮星。演化理论预测,具有长轨道周期的IP会通过2-3小时的周期间隙演化,但很不确定所产生的物体的性质。虽然已知的长周期IP相对较多,但其中很少有短轨道周期。我们介绍了SDSS J233325.92+152222.1的相位分辨光谱学和光度学,并将其归类为具有最短已知轨道周期(83.12 +/- 0.09分钟)的IP,其中包含一个具有相对较长自旋周期(41.66 +/- 0.13分钟)的白矮星。我们估计白矮星的磁矩为mu(WD)\approx 2 x 10^33 G cm ^3,这不仅与其他四个已证实的短周期IP中的三个相似,而且与许多长周期IP的磁矩相似。我们认为,长周期的IP保存他们的磁矩,因为它们朝着更短的轨道周期。因此,占主导地位的长周期IP(白矮星的自旋周期大约比它们的轨道周期短10倍)可能最终成为像SDSS J2333这样的短周期IP,自旋周期是它们轨道周期的很大一部分。

英文摘要:

Intermediate polars (IPs) are cataclysmic variables which contain magnetic white dwarfs with a rotational period shorter than the binary orbital period. Evolutionary theory predicts that IPs with long orbital periods evolve through the 2-3 hour period gap, but it is very uncertain what the properties of the resulting objects are. Whilst a relatively large number of long-period IPs are known, very few of these have short orbital periods. We present phase-resolved spectroscopy and photometry of SDSS J233325.92+152222.1 and classify it as the IP with the shortest known orbital period (83.12 +/- 0.09 min), which contains a white dwarf with a relatively long spin period (41.66 +/- 0.13 min). We estimate the white dwarf's magnetic moment to be mu(WD) \approx 2 x 10^33 G cm^3, which is not only similar to three of the other four confirmed short-period IPs but also to those of many of the long-period IPs. We suggest that long-period IPs conserve their magnetic moment as they evolve towards shorter orbital periods. Therefore the dominant population of long-period IPs, which have white dwarf spin periods roughly ten times shorter than their orbital periods, will likely end up as short-period IPs like SDSS J2333, with spin periods a large fraction of their orbital periods.

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