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UNSPECIFIED (2004) HS 2237+8154: On the onset of mass transfer or entering the period gap? ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 418 (1). pp. 265-270. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20035591 ISSN 0004-6361.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035591
Abstract
We report follow-up observations of a new white dwarf/red dwarf binary HS 2237+8154, identified as a blue variable star from the Hamburg Quasar Survey. Ellipsoidal modulation observed ill the R band as well as the Halpha radial velocity variations measured from time-resolved spectroscopy determine the orbital period to be P-orb = 178.10 +/- 0.08 min. The optical spectrum of HS 2237+8154 is well described by a combination of a T-eff = 11500 +/- 1500 K white dwarf (assuming log g = 8) and a dM 3.5 +/- 0.5 secondary star. The distance implied from the flux scaling factors of both stellar components is d = 105 +/- 25 pc. Combining the constraints obtained from the radial velocity of the secondary and from the ellipsoidal modulation, we derive a binary inclination of i similar or equal to 50degrees-70degrees and stellar masses of M-wd = 0.47-0.67 M-. and M-sec = 0.2-0.4 M-.. All observations imply that the secondary star must be nearly Roche-lobe filling. Consequently, HS 2237+8154 may be either a pre-cataclysmic variable close to the start of mass transfer, or - considering its orbital period - a cataclysmic variable that terminated mass transfer and entered the period gap, or a hibernating nova.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | ||||
Publisher: | E D P SCIENCES | ||||
ISSN: | 0004-6361 | ||||
Official Date: | April 2004 | ||||
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Volume: | 418 | ||||
Number: | 1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 6 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 265-270 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361:20035591 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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