GSC 4560-02157 is a new eclipsing cataclysmic variable with an orbital period of 0.265359 days. By using the published V- and R-band data together with our observations, we discovered that the O - C curve of GSC 4560-...GSC 4560-02157 is a new eclipsing cataclysmic variable with an orbital period of 0.265359 days. By using the published V- and R-band data together with our observations, we discovered that the O - C curve of GSC 4560-02157 may show a cyclic variation with a period of 3.51 years and an amplitude of 1.40 min. If this variation is caused by a light travel-time effect via the existence of a third body, then its mass can be derived as M3 sin i1≈ 91.08 Mjup, and it should be a low-mass star. In addition, several physical parameters were measured. The color of the secondary star was determined to be V - R = 0.77(±0.03) which corresponds to a spectral type of K2-3. The secondary star's mass was estimated as M2 = 0.73(±0.02) Mo by combing the derived V - R value around phase 0 with the assumption that it obeys the mass-luminosity relation for main sequence stars. This mass is consistent with the mass-period relation for CV donor stars. For the white dwarf, the eclipse durations and contacts of the white dwarf yield an upper limit on the white dwarf's radius corresponding to a lower limit on mass of M1 ≈ 0.501 M⊙. The overestimated radius and previously published spectral data indicate that the boundary layer may have a very high temperature.展开更多
We study the newly discovered variable star GSC 4560-02157. CCD photometry was performed in 2013-2014 at the Tien Shan Astronomical Observatory,and a spectrum was obtained with the 6-m telescope of the Special Astroph...We study the newly discovered variable star GSC 4560-02157. CCD photometry was performed in 2013-2014 at the Tien Shan Astronomical Observatory,and a spectrum was obtained with the 6-m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory in June, 2014. GSC 4560-02157 is demonstrated to be an eclipsing variable star(P = 0.265359d). All its flat-bottom primary minima are approximately at the same brightness level, but the star's out-of-eclipse brightness and brightness at secondary minima vary considerably(by up to 0.6m) from cycle to cycle. Moreover,there are short-term(time scale of 0.03-0.04 days) small-amplitude brightness variations out of eclipse. This behavior suggests a cataclysmic nature for the star, which is confirmed with a spectrum taken on 2014 June 5. The spectrum shows numerous emissions of the hydrogen Balmer series, He Ⅰ and He Ⅱ.展开更多
基金partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11133007 and 11325315)the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.KGZD-EW-603)+1 种基金the Science Foundation of Yunnan Province(Nos.2012HC011 and 2013FB084)by the Strategic Priority Research Program The Emergence of Cosmological Structures of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB09010202)
文摘GSC 4560-02157 is a new eclipsing cataclysmic variable with an orbital period of 0.265359 days. By using the published V- and R-band data together with our observations, we discovered that the O - C curve of GSC 4560-02157 may show a cyclic variation with a period of 3.51 years and an amplitude of 1.40 min. If this variation is caused by a light travel-time effect via the existence of a third body, then its mass can be derived as M3 sin i1≈ 91.08 Mjup, and it should be a low-mass star. In addition, several physical parameters were measured. The color of the secondary star was determined to be V - R = 0.77(±0.03) which corresponds to a spectral type of K2-3. The secondary star's mass was estimated as M2 = 0.73(±0.02) Mo by combing the derived V - R value around phase 0 with the assumption that it obeys the mass-luminosity relation for main sequence stars. This mass is consistent with the mass-period relation for CV donor stars. For the white dwarf, the eclipse durations and contacts of the white dwarf yield an upper limit on the white dwarf's radius corresponding to a lower limit on mass of M1 ≈ 0.501 M⊙. The overestimated radius and previously published spectral data indicate that the boundary layer may have a very high temperature.
基金partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant Nos. 12-02-31548, 1302-00664, 13-02-00885 and 14-02-00759)the programme of the President of Russian Federation (Grant Nos. MK-6686.2013.2 and MK-1699.2014.2)+1 种基金the Programme "Non-stationary Phenomena of Objects in the Universe" of the Presidium of Russian Academy of Sciencesthe program "Studies of Physical Phenomena in Star-forming Regions and Nuclear Zones of Active Galaxies" (Grant 0174/GF, Committee of Science, Republic of Kazakhstan)
文摘We study the newly discovered variable star GSC 4560-02157. CCD photometry was performed in 2013-2014 at the Tien Shan Astronomical Observatory,and a spectrum was obtained with the 6-m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory in June, 2014. GSC 4560-02157 is demonstrated to be an eclipsing variable star(P = 0.265359d). All its flat-bottom primary minima are approximately at the same brightness level, but the star's out-of-eclipse brightness and brightness at secondary minima vary considerably(by up to 0.6m) from cycle to cycle. Moreover,there are short-term(time scale of 0.03-0.04 days) small-amplitude brightness variations out of eclipse. This behavior suggests a cataclysmic nature for the star, which is confirmed with a spectrum taken on 2014 June 5. The spectrum shows numerous emissions of the hydrogen Balmer series, He Ⅰ and He Ⅱ.