Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-03-14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
20 pages, 11 figures, accept to publication in The Astronomical Journal (issue 131, April 2006)
Scientific paper
We report a study of the spectra and structure of the accretion disk of the dwarf nova V2051 Ophiuchi while the star was in an unusual faint brightness state during 1996. The differences between the UV resonant lines and continuum disk surface brightness distributions indicate a vertically extended disk with the emission from these lines arising from the upper atmospheric layers. Distinct emission along the stream trajectory suggests the occurrence of gas stream overflow. Spatially resolved spectra show that the lines are in emission at all disk radii. The Balmer decrement becomes shallower with increasing radius. The FWHMs of the emission lines show differences with respect to that expected for a gas in Keplerian rotation and the line intensities drop with a radial dependency of $I\propto R^{-1.78}$. The uneclipsed light contributes about 5 - 10 per cent of the total flux, and its spectrum is dominated by a Balmer jump and strong lines in emission. Broad absorption bands, possibly due to Fe II, are present in the spectra of the disk side farther away from the secondary star, suggesting it arises from absorption by a extended gas region above the disk; the differences between the spectra of the hemisphere farther from and nearer to the secondary star are interpreted in terms of chromospheric emission from a disc with a non-negligible opening angle (limb brightening effect). Stellar atmosphere model fits to the extracted white dwarf spectrum lead to a temperature $T_{WD}= 9500 ^{+2900}_{-1900} K$ and a distance of $d = 67 ^{+22}_{-25} pc$ if the inner disk is opaque, or $d = 92 ^{+30}_{-35} pc$ if the inner disk is optically thin.
Baptista Raymundo
Saito Roberto K.
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