Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006iaujd...8e..35b&link_type=abstract
Solar and Stellar Activity Cycles, 26th meeting of the IAU, Joint Discussion 8, 17-18 August 2006, Prague, Czech Republic, JD08,
Physics
Scientific paper
Cataclymic variables (CVs) are semi-detached binary systems in which a main sequence late-type star (the secondary) fills its Roche lobe and transfers matter to a white dwarf (the primary) through the inner Lagragian point L[1]. Evolutive models of CVs predicts that the orbital periods P[orb] of these systems would decrease on time scales of 10^8-10^9 years due to angular momentum losses either by magnetic braking via the secondary star's wind (P [orb] > 3 hr) or by emission of gravitational radiation (P[orb] < 3 hr). These models try to explain the observed gap of systems with P[orb] in the range of ~ 2 to 3 hr as the consequence of a sharp reduction of magnetic field open lines when the secondary star become fully convective (at P[orb] ~ 3 hr). However, up to now no well-studied CVs shows evidence of period decrease. Instead, most well-observed eclipsing CVs show cyclical period changes probably associated to solar-type (quasi-periodic and/or multiperiodic) magnetic activity cycles in the secondary star. The fast spinning secondaries of CVs, covering a range of masses and rotation periods, are an important laboratory to understanding magnetic activities cycles in late type stars. In the present work, we report some results of the search of cyclical period in four Cvs: V4140 Sgr, V2051 Oph, UU Aqr and IP Peg. Both V4140 Sgr and V2051 Oph show modulation periods of 22 yr and 7 yr respectively. A discussion of the distinct magnetic activity properties of short and long orbital period (P[orb] < 3 hr and P[orb] > 3 hr, respectively) systems in the framework of the CV evolution scenarios is presented.
Baptista Raymundo
Borges Bernardo W.
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