Cyclic brightening in the short-period WZ Sge-type cataclysmic variable SDSS J080434.20+510349.2
In: Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin. Print), Jg. 486 (2008), Heft 2, S. 505-509
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Aims. We observed a new cataclysmic variable (CV) SDSS J080434.20+510349.2 to study the origin of long-term variability found in its light curve. Methods. Multi-longitude, time-resolved, photometric observations were acquired to analyze this uncommon behavior, which has been found in two newly discovered CVs. Results. This study of SDSS J080434.20+510349.2 concerns primarily the understanding of the nature of the observed, double-humped, light curve and its relation to a cyclic brightening that occurs during quiescence. The observations were obtained early in 2007, when the object was at about V ∼ 17.1, about 0.4 mag brighter than the pre-outburst magnitude. The light curve shows a sinusoidal variability with an amplitude of about 0.07 mag and a periodicity of 42.48 min, which is half of the orbital period of the system. We observed in addition two mini-outbursts of the system of up to 0.6 mag, which have a duration of about 4 days each. The mini-outburst has a symmetric profile and is repeated in approximately every 32 days. Subsequent monitoring of the system shows a cyclical behavior of such mini-outbursts with a similar recurrence period. The origin of the double-humped light curve and the periodic brightening is discussed in the light of the evolutionary state of SDSS J080434.20+510349.2.
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Cyclic brightening in the short-period WZ Sge-type cataclysmic variable SDSS J080434.20+510349.2
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | ZHARIKOV, S. V ; TOVMASSIAN, G. H ; AVILES, A ; NEUSTROEV, V. V ; MICHEL, R ; ZURITA, C ; ECHEVARRIA, J ; BIKMAEV, I. F ; PAVLENKO, E. P ; JEON, Y.-B ; VALYAVIN, G. G |
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Zeitschrift: | Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin. Print), Jg. 486 (2008), Heft 2, S. 505-509 |
Veröffentlichung: | Les Ulis: EDP Sciences, 2008 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
Umfang: | print, 1/4 p |
ISSN: | 0004-6361 (print) |
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