Late Superhumps in WZ Sge-Type Dwarf Novae

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2008-06-26

arxiv.org/abs/0806.4248v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted by PASJ (Letters), 4 pages, 3 figures

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We report on the detection of very stable modulations with periods unexpectedly (~0.5%) longer than superhump periods during the slowly fading stage of WZ Sge-type superoutbursts in three systems, GW Lib, V455 And and WZ Sge. These periods are naturally explained by assuming that these modulations are superhumps arising from matter near the tidal truncation radius. This finding provides an additional support to the hypothetical idea of expansion of the accretion disk well beyond the 3:1 orbital resonance in some low mass-ratio systems. Combined with the effect of 2:1 resonance, we present an explanation of the origin of positive period derivatives in certain short-period SU UMa-type dwarf novae.

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