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Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS - IV. SDSS J220553.98+115553.7 has stopped pulsating
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Southworth, J. (John), Townsley, D. M. and Gaensicke, B. T. (Boris T.) (2008) Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS - IV. SDSS J220553.98+115553.7 has stopped pulsating. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol.388 (No.2). pp. 709-715. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13433.x ISSN 0035-8711.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13433.x
Abstract
We present time-series Very Large Telescope (VLT) spectroscopy and New Technology Telescope (NTT) photometry of the cataclysmic variable SDSS J220553.98+115553.7, which contains a pulsating white dwarf. We determine a spectroscopic orbital period of P-orb= 82.825 +/- 0.089 min from velocity measurements of the H alpha emission line. A period analysis of the light curves reveals a dominant periodicity at P-phot = 44.779 +/- 0.038 min which is not related to the spectroscopic period. However, the light curves do not exhibit a variation at any frequency which is attributable to GW Lib-type pulsations, to a detection limit of 5 mmag. This non-detection is in contrast to previous studies which have found three pulsation frequencies with amplitudes of 9-11 mmag at optical wavelengths. Destructive interference and changes to the thermal properties of the driving layer in direct response to accretion can be ruled out as causes of the non-detection. Alternatively, it is feasible that the object has cooled out of the instability strip since a previous (unobserved) dwarf nova superoutburst. This would be the first time this behaviour has been seen in a cataclysmic variable pulsator. Another possibility is that changes in the surface characteristics, possibly induced by accretion phenomena, have modified the surface visibility of the pulsation modes. Further observations, particularly improved constraints on the time-scale for changes in the mode spectrum, are needed to distinguish among possible explanations.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Double stars -- Spectra, Dwarf novae, Stars, New, White dwarf stars, Cataclysmic variable stars | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | ||||
| Publisher: | Wiley | ||||
| ISSN: | 0035-8711 | ||||
| Official Date: | 1 August 2008 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.388 | ||||
| Number: | No.2 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 7 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 709-715 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13433.x | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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