Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-05-19
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
Accepted by MNRAS, 8 pages
Scientific paper
We present multi-wavelength observations of the helium-dominated accreting binary KL Dra which has an orbital period of 25 mins. Our ground-based optical monitoring programme using the Liverpool Telescope has revealed KL Dra to show frequent outbursts. Although our coverage is not uniform, our observations are consistent with the outbursts recurring on a timescale of ~60 days. Observations made using Swift show that the outbursts occur with a similar amplitude at both UV and optical energies and a duration of 2 weeks. Although KL Dra is a weak X-ray source we find no significant evidence that the X-ray flux varies over the course of an outburst cycle. We can reproduce the main features of the 60 day outburst cycle using the Disc Instability Model and a helium-dominated accretion flow. Although the outbursts of KL Dra are very similar to those of the hydrogen accreting dwarf novae, we cannot exclude that they are the AM CVn equivalent of WZ Sge type outbursts. With outbursts occurring every ~2 months, KL Dra is an excellent target to study helium-dominated accretion flows in general.
Barclay Tom
Copperwheat Chris
Jeffery Simon C.
Kotko Iwona
Marsh Tom
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