The infrared counterpart of the eclipsing X-ray binary HO253 + 193

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Dec 1992

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 400, no. 2, p. 665-670.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Eclipsing Binary Stars, Infrared Stars, Light Curve, Stellar Oscillations, X Ray Binaries, Cataclysmic Variables, Radio Sources (Astronomy)

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We report the identification of the infrared counterpart of the pulsating X-ray source HO253 + 193. It is a highly reddened star varying in K light with a period near 3 hr, but an apparent even-odd effect in the light curve implies that the true period is 6.06 hr. Together with the recent report of X-ray eclipses at the latter period, this establishes the close binary nature of the source. Infrared minimum occurs at X-ray minimum, certifying that the infrared variability arises from the tidal distortion of the lobe-filling secondary. The absence of a point source at radio wavelengths, plus the distance derived from the infrared data, suggests that the binary system is accidentally located behind the dense core of the molecular cloud Lynds 1457. The eclipses and pulsations in the X-ray light curve, coupled with the hard X-ray spectrum and low luminosity, demonstrate that HO253 + 193 contains an accreting magnetic white dwarf, and hence belongs to the 'DQ Herculis' class of cataclysmic variables.

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