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Flickering of the jet-ejecting symbiotic star MWC 560
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- We analyse optical photometric data of short term variability (flickering) of the accreting white dwarf in the jet-ejecting symbiotic star MWC560. The observations are obtained in 17 nights during the period November 2011 - October 2019. The colour-magnitude diagram shows that the hot component of the system becomes redder as it gets brighter. For the flickering source we find that it has colour 0.14 < B-V < 0.40, temperature in the range 6300 < T_fl < 11000 K, and radius 1.2 < R_fl < 18 Rsun. We find a strong correlation (correlation coefficient 0.76, significance < 0.001) between B band magnitude and the average radius of the flickering source - as the brightness of the system increases the size of the flickering source also increases. The estimated temperature is similar to that of the bright spot of cataclysmic variables. In 2019 the flickering is missing, and the B-V colour of the hot component becomes bluer.<br />9 pages, accepted for publication in Astronomical Notes. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1807.01555
- Subjects :
- Physics
Brightness
Correlation coefficient
010308 nuclear & particles physics
White dwarf
FOS: Physical sciences
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Radius
B band
01 natural sciences
Bright spot
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science
Symbiotic star
0103 physical sciences
Magnitude (astronomy)
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....00718a85140a48e9385f1dc31f9f514f