The white dwarf revealed in the intermediate polar V709 Cassiopeiae
The white dwarf revealed in the intermediate polar V709 Cassiopeiae
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中极地 V709 仙后座中发现的白矮星
DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361:20010756
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发表时间:
2001
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
O. Strasbourg
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作者:
J. Bonnet;M. Mouchet;D. Martino;G. Matt;C. d'Astrophysique;Saclay;France.;Daec;O. Paris;Osservatorio Astronomico di Napoli;Italy.;Universita' di Roma;O. Strasbourg
Results are presented from the first detailed spectroscopic observations of the recently identified inter- mediate polar RXJ0028.8+5917/V709 Cas. The study of the emission line radial velocities allows us to remove the uncertainties on the different aliases of the orbital period and a best value is found at (0.2225±0.0002) day. It is also found that the system shows significant EW� (2-4)u broad absorptions affecting the Balmer lines from Hδ to Hβ. These broad absorptions are interpreted as the contribution of an underlying white dwarf atmosphere. The characteristics of the absorptions are found to be consistent with a DA log g =8 white dwarf at a temperature of �23000K, contributing �17% (at 4500u to the overall flux. This is the first direct detection of a white dwarf in an intermediate polar system. The absence of significant Zeeman splitting indicates a magnetic field lower than 10 MG, confirming that, at least in some cases, intermediate polars have weaker fields than polars. Different possibilities are discussed to explain the substantial contribution of the white dwarf to the overall flux.