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SDSS J080449 .49+161624.8:一颗特殊的AM CVn型恒星

SDSS J080449.49+161624.8: A peculiar AM CVn star from a colour-selected sample of candidates

G. H. A. Roelofs, P. J. Groot, D. Steeghs, A. Rau, E. de Groot, T. R. Marsh, G. Nelemans, J. Liebert, P. Woudt

摘要:

我们描述了一个光谱调查,旨在发现一个估计的40 AM CVn恒星隐藏在光度数据库的斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)。我们已经构建了一个相对较小的样本约1500候选人的颜色选择的基础上,其中应包含大多数的所有AM CVn二进制文件,同时保持足够小,光谱鉴定的完整样本是可行的。我们提出了第一个新的AM CVn星发现使用这种策略,SDSS J080449.49+161624.8,超紧凑的二进制性质证明使用高时间分辨率光谱在麦哲伦望远镜在Las Campanas天文台,智利。在44.5+/-0.1min的周期上观察到一个运动学的“S波”特征,我们认为这是轨道周期,尽管目前的数据还不能排除它最近的日混叠。这颗新的AM CVn恒星显示出一种特殊的光谱,宽单峰氦发射线,具有异常强烈的电离氦系列,让人想起富含氢的激变变星中的(中间)极性。我们推测SDSS J 0804 +1616可能是第一颗磁性AM CVn星。吸积的物质似乎富含氮,N/O>~10,N/C>10,表明在施主星的早期演化中,有过氢燃烧,但没有氦燃烧。

英文摘要:

We describe a spectroscopic survey designed to uncover an estimated ~40 AM CVn stars hiding in the photometric database of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We have constructed a relatively small sample of about 1500 candidates based on a colour selection, which should contain the majority of all AM CVn binaries while remaining small enough that spectroscopic identification of the full sample is feasible. We present the first new AM CVn star discovered using this strategy, SDSS J080449.49+161624.8, the ultracompact binary nature of which is demonstrated using high-time-resolution spectroscopy obtained at the Magellan telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory, Chile. A kinematic 'S-wave' feature is observed on a period 44.5+/-0.1min, which we propose is the orbital period, although the present data cannot yet exclude its nearest daily aliases. The new AM CVn star shows a peculiar spectrum of broad, single-peaked helium emission lines with unusually strong series of ionised helium, reminiscent of the (intermediate) polars among the hydrogen-rich Cataclysmic Variables. We speculate that SDSS J0804+1616 may be the first magnetic AM CVn star. The accreted material appears to be enriched in nitrogen, to N/O>~10 and N/C>10 by number, indicating CNO-cycle hydrogen burning, but no helium burning, in the prior evolution of the donor star.

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