Orbital period analyses for two cataclysmic variables: UZ Fornacis and V348 Puppis inside the period gap

Four new CCD eclipse timings of the white dwarf for polar UZ Fornacis and six updated CCD mid-eclipse times for SW-Sex-type nova-like V348 Puppis are obtained. Detailed O-C analyses are made for both cataclysmic variables (CVs) inside the period gap. Orbital period increases at a rate of 2.63(±0.58)...

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Autores principales: Dai, Z. B., Qian, S. B., Fernández Lajús, Eduardo, Baume, Gustavo
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2010
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/82563
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topic Ciencias Astronómicas
Binaries: eclipsing
Novae, cataclysmic variables
Stars: individual: UZ For
Stars: individual: V348 Pup
spellingShingle Ciencias Astronómicas
Binaries: eclipsing
Novae, cataclysmic variables
Stars: individual: UZ For
Stars: individual: V348 Pup
Dai, Z. B.
Qian, S. B.
Fernández Lajús, Eduardo
Baume, Gustavo
Orbital period analyses for two cataclysmic variables: UZ Fornacis and V348 Puppis inside the period gap
topic_facet Ciencias Astronómicas
Binaries: eclipsing
Novae, cataclysmic variables
Stars: individual: UZ For
Stars: individual: V348 Pup
description Four new CCD eclipse timings of the white dwarf for polar UZ Fornacis and six updated CCD mid-eclipse times for SW-Sex-type nova-like V348 Puppis are obtained. Detailed O-C analyses are made for both cataclysmic variables (CVs) inside the period gap. Orbital period increases at a rate of 2.63(±0.58) × 10<SUP>-11</SUP> s s <SUP>-1</SUP> for UZ For and 5.8(±1.9) × 10<SUP>-12</SUP> s s <SUP>-1</SUP> for V348 Pup, respectively, are discovered in their new O-C diagrams. However, conservative mass transfer from the secondary to the massive white dwarf cannot explain the observed orbital period increases for both CVs, which are regarded as part of modulations at longer periods. Moreover, the O-C diagram of UZ For shows a possible cyclical change with a period of 23.4(±5.1) yr. To explain the observed cyclical period changes in UZ For, both mechanisms of magnetic activity cycles in late-type secondaries and the light travel-time effect are regarded as probable causes. Not only does the modulation period of 23.4 yr obey the empirical correlation between P<SUB>mod</SUB> and Ω, but also the estimated fractional period change δP/P ~ 7.3 × 10<SUP>-7</SUP> displays a behaviour similar to that of CVs below the period gap. On the other hand, a calculation for the light travel-time effect implies with a high confidence level that the tertiary component in UZ For may be a brown dwarf, when the orbital inclination of the third body is larger than 16°.
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author Dai, Z. B.
Qian, S. B.
Fernández Lajús, Eduardo
Baume, Gustavo
author_facet Dai, Z. B.
Qian, S. B.
Fernández Lajús, Eduardo
Baume, Gustavo
author_sort Dai, Z. B.
title Orbital period analyses for two cataclysmic variables: UZ Fornacis and V348 Puppis inside the period gap
title_short Orbital period analyses for two cataclysmic variables: UZ Fornacis and V348 Puppis inside the period gap
title_full Orbital period analyses for two cataclysmic variables: UZ Fornacis and V348 Puppis inside the period gap
title_fullStr Orbital period analyses for two cataclysmic variables: UZ Fornacis and V348 Puppis inside the period gap
title_full_unstemmed Orbital period analyses for two cataclysmic variables: UZ Fornacis and V348 Puppis inside the period gap
title_sort orbital period analyses for two cataclysmic variables: uz fornacis and v348 puppis inside the period gap
publishDate 2010
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/82563
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