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两个新的吸积脉动白矮星:SDSS J1457 +51和BW雕塑

Two new accreting, pulsating white dwarfs: SDSS J1457+51 and BW Sculptoris

Helena Uthas, Joseph Patterson, Jonathan Kemp, Christian Knigge, Berto Monard, Robert Rea, Greg Bolt, Jennie McCormick, Grant Christie, Alon Retter, Alex Liu

摘要:

本文报道了在两颗激变变星SDSS J1457+51和BW Sculptomy的光变曲线中发现的快速周期信号,这两颗变星的光谱中都有显著的白矮星成分。因此,这些恒星似乎是GW Lib类变星的新成员,其中快速周期性(与轨道周期不相称)信号被认为是来自底层白矮星的非径向脉动。这两颗恒星的功率谱显示出复杂的信号,主周期接近10分钟和20分钟。这些信号的频率在几周或更短的时间尺度上变化了几个百分点,并且可能包含了一个我们观察不到的内部精细结构。我们还检测到双峰波标志着潜在的轨道周期,近78分钟的两颗恒星。此外,BW Scl显示了一个短暂但强大的信号,周期接近87分钟,是一个静止的超级驼峰。超过轨道周期的11%是很难理解的,可能是由于吸积盘中2:1共振附近的偏心不稳定性引起的。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of rapid periodic signals in the light curves of two cataclysmic variables with prominent white-dwarf components in their spectra, SDSS J1457+51 and BW Sculptoris. These stars therefore appear to be new members of the GW Lib class of variable star, in which the fast periodic (and non-commensurate with the orbital period) signals are believed to arise from non-radial pulsations in the underlying white dwarf. The power spectra of both stars show complex signals with primary periods near 10 and 20 minutes. These signals change in frequency by a few percent on a timescale of weeks or less, and probably contain an internal fine structure unresolved by our observations. We also detect double-humped waves signifying the underlying orbital periods, near 78 minutes for both stars. In addition, BW Scl shows a transient but powerful signal with a period near 87 minutes, a quiescent superhump. The 11 % excess over the orbital period is difficult to understand, and may arise from an eccentric instability near the 2:1 resonance in the accretion disc.

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