Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993aas...183.5406t&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 183rd AAS Meeting, #54.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 25, p.1377
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The binary system EUVE J2013+40.0 (= RE 2013+400) was discovered in the EUV-selected sample of white dwarfs identified in the course of the ROSAT Wide Field Camera (WFC) all-sky survey (Pounds et al. 1993, MNRAS, 260, 77). The intense extreme ultraviolet (EUV) emission from the hot white dwarf (DAO type) was also detected in the course of the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) all-sky survey (Bowyer et al. 1993, ApJ, submitted), and the subsequent optical identification campaign suggested the association of EUVE J2013+40.0 with the Feige 24 class of binary systems (see Vennes & Thorstensen, these proceedings). Such systems consist of a hot H-rich white dwarf (DA/DAO) and a red dwarf companion (dM) and are characterized by strong, narrow, variable Balmer emission. We obtained spectroscopy with 4 Angstroms resolution at the Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT Hiltner 2.4 m, covering the Hα and Hβ range. The Hα emission line velocity and equivalent widths varied with a period of 0.708 +/- 0.003 d; the velocity semiamplitude is 89 +/- 3 km s(-1) . The emission equivalent width reaches maximum strength 0.251 +/- 0.007 cycle after maximum emission-line velocity, that is, when the emission source reaches superior conjunction. This is just as expected if the emission arises from reprocessing of the EUV radiation incident upon the face of the dM star facing the white dwarf, as proposed for Feige 24 by Thorstensen et al. (1978, ApJ, 223, 260). EUVE J2013+40.0 is one of a handful of WD+dM binary systems in which the illumination effect is observed with unambiguous clarity. By comparing Feige 24 and EUVE J2013+40.0, and modelling the white dwarf EUV emission and red dwarf Balmer emission, we constrain the orbital inclinations. Additional spectroscopy of EUVE J2013+40.0 is being scheduled to determine the component masses. These are important input data for the study of the close binary systems which arise from common envelope evolution. This work is supported by a forthcoming NASA Guest Observer grant.
Thorstensen John R.
Vennes Stephane
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