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Chote, Paul, Gaensicke, B. T., McCormac, J. J., Aungwerojwit, A., Bayliss, Daniel D. R., Burleigh, M. R., Casewell, S. L., Eigmüller, Ph., Gill, Samuel, Goad, M. R. et al.
(2021) NGTS and HST insights into the long-period modulation in GW Librae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 502 (1). pp. 581-588. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa4015

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Abstract

Light curves of the accreting white dwarf pulsator GW Librae spanning a 7.5-month period in 2017 were obtained as part of the Next-Generation Transit Survey. This data set comprises 787 h of photometry from 148 clear nights, allowing the behaviour of the long (hours) and short-period (20 min) modulation signals to be tracked from night to night over a much longer observing baseline than has been previously achieved. The long-period modulations intermittently detected in previous observations of GW Lib are found to be a persistent feature, evolving between states with periods ≃ 83 min and 2–4 h on time-scales of several days. The 20 min signal is found to have a broadly stable amplitude and frequency for the duration of the campaign, but the previously noted phase instability is confirmed. Ultraviolet observations obtained with the Cosmic Origin Spectrograph on-board the Hubble Space Telescope constrain the ultraviolet-to-optical flux ratio to ≃5 for the 4 h modulation, and ≲1 for the 20 min period, with caveats introduced by non-simultaneous observations. These results add further observational evidence that these enigmatic signals must originate from the white dwarf, highlighting our continued gap in theoretical understanding of the mechanisms that drive them.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Dwarf novae , White dwarf stars , Pulsating stars
Journal or Publication Title: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 1745-3933
Official Date: March 2021
Dates:
DateEvent
March 2021Published
11 January 2021Available
18 December 2020Accepted
Volume: 502
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 581-588
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa4015
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
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ST/M001962/1 [STFC] Science and Technology Facilities Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000271
ST/S002642/1[STFC] Science and Technology Facilities Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000271
FP/2007- 2013Seventh Framework Programmehttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100011102
320964 (WDTracer)European Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000781
ST/L000733/1 [STFC] Science and Technology Facilities Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000271
ST/P000495/1[STFC] Science and Technology Facilities Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000271
AST-1514737.National Science Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100008982
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