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Cyclical period changes in Z Chamaeleontis | | R. Baptista
; F. Jablonski
; E. Oliveira
; S. Vrielmann
; P.A. Woudt
; M.S. Catalan
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20 Jul 2002 | | Journal: | Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 335 (2002) L75 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | UFSC, Brazil), F. Jablonski (INPE, Brazil), E. Oliveira (IAG/USP, Brazil), S. Vrielmann (Univ. Cape Town, S. Africa), P.A. Woudt (Univ. Cape Town, S. Africa) and M.S. Catalan (Keele Univ., UK | | Abstract: | We report the identification of cyclical changes in the orbital period of the eclipsing dwarf nova Z Cha. We used times of mid-eclipse collected from the literature and our new eclipse timings to construct an observed-minus-calculated diagram covering 30 years of observations (1972-2002). The data present cyclical variations that can be fitted by a linear plus sinusoidal function with period 28+/-2 yr and amplitude 1.0+/-0.2 minute. The statistical significance of this period by an F-test is larger than 99.9%. The derived fractional period change, Delta P/P= 4.4 x 10^{-7}, is comparable to that of other short-period cataclysmic variables (CVs), but is one order of magnitude smaller than those of the long-period CVs. Separate fits to the first and second half of the data lead to ephemerides with quite different cycle periods and amplitudes, indicating that the variation is not sinusoidal or, most probably, is not strictly periodic. The observed cyclical period change is possibly caused by a solar-type magnetic activity cycle in the secondary star. An incremental variation in the Roche lobe of the secondary star of Delta R_{L2}/R_{L2} = 1.7 x 10^{-4} is required in order to explain both the observed period change and the modulation of the quiescent brightness previously reported by Ak, Ozkan & Mattei. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0207438 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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