High time resolution spectrophotometry of nova DQ Herculis /1934/

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Eclipsing Binary Stars, Emission Spectra, Stellar Spectra, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Companion Stars, Dwarf Stars, Energy Distribution, F Stars, High Resolution, Late Stars, Light Curve, Mass Transfer, Novae, Spectral Resolution, Time Response

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Thirty-four spectra of DQ Her are analyzed which were obtained with a time resolution greater than 0.01 cycle. It is found that: (1) the 18th mag visual companion of DQ Her has an energy distribution similar to that of a late F star and is not likely to be a member of the system; (2) the time of minimum has no wavelength dependence and agrees better with the elements of Patterson et al. (1978) than with a linear ephemeris; (3) only very weak evidence exists for the detection of a late-type star, which is of spectral type M4 or later, even at mideclipse; (4) the spectrum of the residual light at mideclipse can be represented by optically thin free-free plus bound-free emission at a temperature of 35,000 K, an electron density of (1-10) trillion per cu cm, and a star contributing about 90% of the red flux; and (5) there is a definite asymmetry in the light curve, as well as strong evidence for a localized bright spot on the side of the disk eclipsed last.

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