Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000a%26a...354..103s&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.354, p.103-111 (2000)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Stars: Activity, Stars: Binaries: Close, Stars: Binaries: General, Stars: Circumstellar Matter, Stars: Novae, Cataclysmic Variables, Stars: Individual: Ch Uma
Scientific paper
An analysis of the historical light curve of the dwarf nova CH UMa, spanning 25 years, is presented. The statistical distribution of the maximum brightness is bimodal and the outbursts can be divided into two classes: ``bright" and ``faint", the division magnitude being 12 mag_vis and separation almost 2 mag_vis. The maximum brightness of the bright outbursts tends to decrease in the course of the covered interval. The bright outbursts fall into two subtypes according to their decay branches (fast and slow). The typical recurrence time of the outbursts 300-370 days is one of the longest among CVs above the period gap. Variations of the cycle-length of the bright outbursts are very prominent and display a strong secular trend of the period decrease. The long-term activity and the outburst parameters, discussed in the framework of the thermal instability, put constraints on the model. This research has made use of the AFOEV database, operated at CDS, France.
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