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AM Herculis系统的高态和低态

High and low states of the system AM Herculis

K. Wu, L. L. Kiss

摘要:

背景:我们研究了武仙座AM(AM Her)系统的光学高、低态分布。目的:我们确定状态占空比,以及它们与系统的传质过程和二元轨道演化的关系。研究方法:我们利用了哈佛大学天文台1890年至1953年的底片档案和美国变星观测者协会1978年至2005年收集的目视观测资料。我们确定了这两个状态的统计概率,它们的分布和复发行为。结果:我们发现系统AM Her的分数高态占空比为63%。数据显示,没有偏好的时间尺度上发生的高或低的状态。然而,似乎有一个模式的长和短的占空比交替,这表明状态转换保留记忆。我们评估模型的高/低状态的极性(AM Her型系统)。我们建议,白矮星磁场起着关键作用,在调节传质速率,因此高/低亮度的状态,由于在系统中的磁场配置的变化。

英文摘要:

Context: We investigate the distribution of optically high and low states of the system AM Herculis (AM Her). Aims: We determine the state duty cycles, and their relationships with the mass transfer process and binary orbital evolution of the system. Methods: We make use of the photographic plate archive of the Harvard College Observatory between 1890 and 1953 and visual observations collected by the American Association of Variable Star Observers between 1978 and 2005. We determine the statistical probability of the two states, their distribution and recurrence behaviors. Results: We find that the fractional high state duty cycle of the system AM Her is 63%. The data show no preference of timescales on which high or low states occur. However, there appears to be a pattern of long and short duty cycle alternation, suggesting that the state transitions retain memories. We assess models for the high/low states for polars (AM Her type systems). We propose that the white-dwarf magnetic field plays a key role in regulating the mass transfer rate and hence the high/low brightness states, due to variations in the magnetic-field configuration in the system.

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