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Superhumps in the SU UMa Star AK CNC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

R. Mennickent ,
D. Nogami ,
T. Kato  and
W. Worraker
R. Mennickent
Affiliation:
Dpto. de Física, Instituto de Cs. Físicas y Matemáticas, University de Concepción, Casilla 4009, Concepción, Chile
D. Nogami
Affiliation:
Dept. Astron., Faculty of Sci., Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Saykyo-ku, Kyto 606-01, Japan
T. Kato
Affiliation:
Dept. Astron., Faculty of Sci., Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Saykyo-ku, Kyto 606-01, Japan
W. Worraker
Affiliation:
British Astronomical Association, 65 Wantage Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0AE, UK

Abstract

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We have observed AK Cnc during the 1995 March superoutburst, by means of differential V – U photometry. The observations were obtained at Las Campanas (Chile), Ouda Station (Kyoto, Japan) and in England. Superhumps with amplitude 0.2 mag appeared at least 4d after maximum. They evolved from a single peak structure, developing a secondary peak during decline, until they reached a double-wave modulation with 0.05 mag amplitude, after 8 d. After removing linear trends in our data, the following ephemeris was found:

This superhump period was confirmed, independently, with our homogeneous set of 462 V magnitudes, obtained at LCO, then adding 63 U data points and finally considering all the dataset, consisting of 789 V + U magnitudes. The superhump period is slightly larger than that reported by Kato (1995) during the 1992 January superoutburst (0.06735(5)d). Our results imply an orbital period Porb = 0.065(2) d, using the relationship given by Howell & Hurst (1994). The eruption duration was ≳ 10 d, and its amplitude > 6 mag. An abrupt and short luminosity decrease occured ≈ 12 d after maximum. Eleven outbursts have been observed since 1992 January, being the minimum reported lag between successive eruptions: 40 d. More details will be given in a future publication.

Type
Non-Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 158: Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects , 1996 , pp. 61 - 62
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996

References

Howell, S., Hurst, G., 1994, IBVS, 4043 Google Scholar
Kato, T., 1995, IBVS, 4136 Google Scholar