A Brown Dwarf Companion to the Nova-like Variable RW Tri
文献类型:期刊论文
作者 | Dai ZB(戴智斌)2,3,4![]() ![]() |
刊名 | GALAXIES
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出版日期 | 2021-12 |
卷号 | 9期号:4 |
关键词 | stars: cataclysmic variables stars: binaries: eclipsing stars: individual (RW Tri) |
DOI | 10.3390/galaxies9040094 |
产权排序 | 第1完成单位 |
文献子类 | Article |
英文摘要 | The orbital period of Nova-like variable RW Tri is expected to experience a long-term evolution due to a stable mass transfer from the red dwarf to the white dwarf. By adding 297 new eclipse timings obtained from our own observations and a cross-identification of many databases, we fully reinvestigated the variations in orbital period of RW Tri, based on a total of 658 data points spanning over 80 years. The new O-C diagram demonstrates a more complicate pattern than a pure sinusoidal modulation shown in the previous O-C analyses. The best fit of the O-C variations is a quadratic-plus-sinusoidal curve with a period of 22.66 (2) years and a typical decrease rate of P = -2(d).32(4) x 10(-9) yr(-1). To explain secular orbital period decrease, the magnetic braking effect is required to cause the orbital angular moment loss in RW Tri with a mass ratio less than unity, while a conserved mass transfer is also enough for RW Tri with a mass ratio larger than unity. No matter what the mass ratio is, a slightly enhanced mass transfer rate, 2.4-5.3 x 10(-9) M & ODOT; yr(-1), derived from our O-C diagram, providing an evidence supporting the disk instability model and the standard/revised models of cataclysmic variable evolution, is almost the same as that obtained from the light-curve modeling. This further confirms our observed orbital period decrease and the controversial system parameter, mass transfer rate. Our updated O-C analysis further verifies the claimed cyclical changes of orbital period with a period range of 21-24 years, which is approximately one half of the results in the literature. In accordance with the light-travel time effect, this periodical variation shown in our new O-C diagram indicates a brown dwarf hidden in RW Tri at a coplanar orbit. Note that the large scatter in the data range of 0-3 x 10(4) cycles requires the high-precision photometry in the longer base line in the future. |
学科主题 | 天文学 ; 恒星与银河系 |
URL标识 | 查看原文 |
出版地 | ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND |
WOS关键词 | ORBITAL PERIOD ANALYSIS ; CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES ; ACCRETION DISK ; MASS-TRANSFER ; ECLIPSE TIMINGS ; MODEL ; STATIONARY ; EVOLUTION |
资助项目 | Yunnan Natural Science Foundation[2016FB007] ; Chinese Natural Science Foundation[11933008] ; NASA Office of Space Science ; NASA Explorer Program ; Masaryk University, Czech Republic[CZ.1.05/3.2.00/08.0144] |
WOS研究方向 | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000738889200001 |
出版者 | MDPI |
资助机构 | Yunnan Natural Science Foundation[2016FB007] ; Chinese Natural Science Foundation[11933008] ; NASA Office of Space Science ; NASA Explorer Program ; Masaryk University, Czech Republic[CZ.1.05/3.2.00/08.0144] |
源URL | [http://ir.ynao.ac.cn/handle/114a53/25184] ![]() |
专题 | 云南天文台_双星与变星研究组 |
通讯作者 | Dai ZB(戴智斌) |
作者单位 | 1.Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies, Moratuwa 10400, Sri Lanka 2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China 3.Center for Astronomical Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China 4.Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650216, China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Dai ZB,Qian SB,Medagangoda, Indika. A Brown Dwarf Companion to the Nova-like Variable RW Tri[J]. GALAXIES,2021,9(4). |
APA | Dai ZB,Qian SB,&Medagangoda, Indika.(2021).A Brown Dwarf Companion to the Nova-like Variable RW Tri.GALAXIES,9(4). |
MLA | Dai ZB,et al."A Brown Dwarf Companion to the Nova-like Variable RW Tri".GALAXIES 9.4(2021). |
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