Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 1991
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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 381, Nov. 10, 1991, p. 551-558.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Eclipsing Binary Stars, Iue, White Dwarf Stars, Cataclysmic Variables, Stellar Spectra, Stellar Temperature, Ultraviolet Spectra
Scientific paper
Low-resolution SWP and LWP IUE spectra are used to fit the temperature and angular radius of the white dwarf in the detached eclipsing binary NN Ser. It is found that the redenning to the system has E(B-V) of 0.05 +/-0.05, the white dwarf temperature is 60,000 +/-10,000 K, and the age of the white dwarf is less than 10 exp 7. The shape of eclipse and the K-magnitude of the secondary star are used to constrain the inclination of the binary and the masses and radii of the two stars. The size of the secondary star relative to its Roche lobe and the age of the white dwarf indicate that mass transfer has not yet occurred and that the system is a precataclysmic variable rather than a cataclysmic variable which has entered the period gap. Fitting the observed magnitude of the sinusoidal modulation with a reprocessing model shows that only when i is approximately equal to 90 deg is the required temperature of the secondary star consistent with these results. For this solution the white dwarf temperature is also consistent with those obtained from the IUE spectra.
Marsh Thomas R.
Wood Janet H.
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