Secular changes in the quiescence of WZ Sge: the development of a cavity in the inner disk

Details Secular changes in the quiescence of WZ Sge: the development of a cavity in the inner disk Secular changes in the quiescence of WZ Sge: the development of a cavity in the inner disk

2010-01-27

arxiv.org/abs/1001.4975v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

10 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics; following referee report, many textual changes, f

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We find a dimming during optical quiescence of the cataclysmic variable WZ Sge by about half a magnitude between superoutbursts. We connect the dimming with the development of a cavity in the inner part of the accretion disk. We suggest that, when the cavity is big enough, accretion of material is governed by the magnetic field of the white dwarf and pulsations from the weakly magnetic white dwarf appear. The time scale of forming the cavity is about a decade, and it persists throughout the whole quiescent phase. Such a cavity can be accommodated well by the proposed magnetic propeller model for WZ Sge, where during quiescence mass is being expelled by the magnetic white dwarf from the inner regions of the accretion disk to larger radii.

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