Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-07-21
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.363:285-292,2005
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
9 pages, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09447.x
We present seven nights' blue spectroscopy of the novalike variable star, V3885 Sgr. The line spectrum shows a typical combination of broad absorption and emission in H gamma and H beta and He I, which is associated with the accretion disk. We also observe anti-phased narrow emission, which we attribute to irradiation of the secondary star. The He II 4686 and N III--C III--C IV emission lines are devoid of structure and are most likely formed in an outflow. We measure radial velocity shifts in the absorption and emission lines, from which we fit an orbital period of 4.97126+/-0.00036h. From the velocity semi-amplitudes of the disk and companion star, we are able to constrain the binary mass ratio to q>0.7. The phase-folded spectra provide dense coverage of the entire orbital cycle. Doppler tomograms of the hydrogen and He I lines reveal spiral structure in the accretion disk and the irradiated donor star. We believe this is the first unambiguous detection of spiral waves in a novalike variable.
Drew Janet E.
Hartley L. E.
Long Knox S.
Murray James R.
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