The not-so-extreme white dwarf of the CV GD 552


Autoria(s): Unda-Sanzana, E.; Marsh, T.R.; Gaensicke, B.T.; Maxted, P.F.L.; Morales-Rueda, L.; Dhillon, V.S.; Thoroughgood, T.D.; Tremou, E.; Watson, Christopher; Hinojosa-Goni, R.
Data(s)

2009

Resumo

GD 552 is a cataclysmic binary which was previously believed to be composed of an M-star and a white dwarf, the latter having an extreme mass of 1.4 solar masses. In a recent paper we showed that this is not compatible with new observational evidence and presented an alternative model in which the white dwarf has a typical mass and the companion is a brown dwarf, making the system a likely member of the elusive group of CVs which have already evolved through minimum orbital period. Here we present additional spectroscopical evidence supporting this conclusion by means of skew mapping.

Identificador

http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/the-notsoextreme-white-dwarf-of-the-cv-gd-552(f9401c33-505e-4a83-a6ba-73f856938d3d).html

Idioma(s)

eng

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Fonte

Unda-Sanzana , E , Marsh , T R , Gaensicke , B T , Maxted , P F L , Morales-Rueda , L , Dhillon , V S , Thoroughgood , T D , Tremou , E , Watson , C & Hinojosa-Goni , R 2009 , ' The not-so-extreme white dwarf of the CV GD 552 ' .

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