Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-12-16
PASJ 53, L17 (2001)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 3 figures, using a non-standard style file
Scientific paper
We examined the VSNET light curve of the ER UMa-type star V1159 Ori. We detected a large variation of the supercycle (the interval between successive superoutbursts) between extremes of 44.6 and 53.3 d. The outburst activity was also found to decrease when the supercycle was long. The observed variation of the supercycle corresponds to a variation of ~40 % of the mass-transfer rate from the secondary star, totally unexpected for this class of objects. We also detected a hint of ~1800 d periodicity in the variation, whose period is close to what has been suggested for solar-type cycles for cataclysmic variables (CVs). If this periodicity is caused by the magnetic activity of the secondary star, this detection constitutes the first clear evidence of continuing magnetic activity in CV evolution, even after crossing the period gap. This activity may partly explain still poorly understood origins of the high mass-transfer rates in ER UMa-type stars.
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