Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993pasp..105.1120l&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications (ISSN 0004-6280), vol. 105, no. 692, p. 1120-1126
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Cataclysmic Variables, Dwarf Novae, Light Curve, Radial Velocity, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Stellar Magnitude, Stellar Orbits, Velocity Measurement, White Dwarf Stars
Scientific paper
We report photometry of the dwarf nova T Leonis during its 1993 supermaximum. The principle outburst lasted approximately 20 days, during which large-amplitude superhumps were consistently seen in the light curve. The mean period was 86.7 + or - 0.1 min, about 2.4% longer than the orbital period determined from radial-velocity measurements. Analysis of data obtained during the 1987 supermaximum implies that the superhump period decreased slowly, with dP/dt = - 6 x 10-5, or dP/dm = -0.6 min. mag. These are typical values for SU Ursae Majoris-type dwarf novae. At the end of the outburst, the star suddenly brightened again to magnitude 13, from which it declined on a time scale of about 1 day and without superhumps. It is possible that this event was a normal outburst. This suggests that superoutbursts can trigger normal outbursts, and may explain the 'bump' frequently found in the light curves of SU UMa stars very late in a superoutburst.
Lemm Kristi
Patterson Joseph
Skillman David R.
Thomas Gino
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