Solving the kilo-second QPO problem of the intermediate polar GK Persei

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1999-01-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9901302v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages, 11 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02484.x

We detect the likely optical counterpart to previously reported X-ray QPOs in spectrophotometry of the intermediate polar GK Persei during the 1996 dwarf nova outburst. The characteristic timescales range between 4000--6000 s. Although the QPOs are an order of magnitude longer than those detected in the other dwarf novae we show that a new QPO model is not required to explain the long timescale observed. We demonstrate that the observations are consistent with oscillations being the result of normal-timescale QPOs beating with the spin period of the white dwarf. We determine the spectral class of the companion to be consistent with its quiescent classification and find no significant evidence for irradiation over its inner face. We detect the white dwarf spin period in line fluxes, V/R ratios and Doppler-broadened emission profiles.

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