Modeling UX Ursae Majoris: An abundance of challenges

Details Modeling UX Ursae Majoris: An abundance of challenges Modeling UX Ursae Majoris: An abundance of challenges

2008-07-24

arxiv.org/abs/0807.3920v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

47 pages, 15 figures, accepted for ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/592104

We present a system model for optical and far UV spectra of the nova-like variable UX UMa involving a white dwarf, secondary star, gas stream, hot spot and accretion disk using our code BINSYN and based on an initially adopted system distance. Calculated SED intensity data successfully fit successive tomographically-extracted annuli longward of the Balmer limit but require a postulated `iron curtain' shortward of the Balmer limit that is applied to the annulus section closest to the secondary star, while postulated recombination emission fills in the model SED shortward of the Balmer limit and is applied to the annulus section more remote from the secondary star. The same model fits $UBV$ 1954 light curves by Walker and Herbig. Fits to $HST$ $FOS$ spectra are approximate but require assumed time-variable changes in the SED. Comparable effects, possibly involving variable absorption, afflict $FUSE$ spectra.

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