Light curves of SDSS J003941.06+005427.5 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Southworth J.
  2. Marsh T.R.
  3. Gansicke B.T.
  4. Steeghs D.
  5. Copperwheat C.M.
  6. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present VLT spectroscopy and NTT photometry of the faint cataclysmic binary SDSS J003941.06+005427.5. This object shows triple-peaked H{alpha} emission with all three peaks variable in both strength and velocity. We measure an orbital period of 91.395+/-0.093min from the velocity variations of the wings of the Halpha emission line. Using the GALEX and SDSS photometry of this object, we determine a white dwarf temperature of 15000K and a very late (>=L2) spectral type for the companion star. These measurements, plus the relatively long orbital period, suggest that SDSS J003941.06+005427.5 may be a post-bounce cataclysmic variable. Doppler maps of the H{alpha} and HeI 6678{AA} emission features show an accretion disc with a non-uniform brightness and departures from Keplerian flow. The third emission peak is detected only in H{alpha} and at a relatively low velocity amplitude of 202+/-3km/s. We are unable to explain this emission as arising from either the white dwarf, the secondary star, or the accretion disc. We tentatively attribute this mysterious central peak to a coronal loop anchored at the secondary star. If confirmed, this would be the first example of a slingshot prominence in a CV with a low mass-transfer rate and/or a fully convective secondary star.

Keywords
  1. cataclysmic-variable-stars
  2. ccd-photometry
  3. spectroscopy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2010A&A...524A..86S
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2010-11-25T09:18:08Z
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2010-11-25T09:18:08Z
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