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- Title
Unexpected superoutburst and rebrightening of AL Comae Berenices in 2015.
- Authors
Mariko KIMURA; Taichi KATO; Akira IMADA; Kai IKUTA; Keisuke ISOGAI; DUBOVSKY, Pavol A.; Seiichiro KIYOTA; PICKARD, Roger D.; MILLER, Ian; PAVLENKO, Elena P.; SOSNOVSKIJ, Aleksei A.; DVORAK, Shawn; NOGAMI, Daisaku
- Abstract
In 2015 March, the notable WZSge-type dwarf nova ALCom exhibited an unusual outburst with a recurrence time of ~1.5 yr, which is the shortest interval of superoutbursts among WZSge-type dwarf novae. Early superhumps in the superoutburst light curve were absent, and a precursor was observed at the onset of the superoutburst for the first time in WZSge-type dwarf novae. The present superoutburst can be interpreted as a result of the condition that the disk radius barely reached the 3:1 resonance radius, but did not reach the 2:1 resonance one. Ordinary superhumps immediately grew following the precursor. The initial part of the outburst is indistinguishable from those of superoutbursts of ordinary SUUMa-type dwarf novae. This observation supports the interpretation that the 2:1 resonance suppresses a growth of ordinary superhumps. The estimated superhump period and superhump period derivative are Psh = 0.0573185(11) d and Pdot=+1.5(3.1)?10-5, respectively. These values indicate that the evolution of ordinary superhumps is the same as that in past superoutbursts with much larger extent. Although the light curve during the plateau stage was typical for an SUUMa-type dwarf nova, this superoutburst showed a rebrightening, together with a regrowth of the superhumps. The overall light curve of the rebrightening was the almost the same as those observed in previous rebrightenings. This implies that the rebrightening type is inherent in the system.
- Subjects
DWARF novae; STARBURSTS; ACCRETION disks; ASTRONOMICAL photometry; LIGHT curves
- Publication
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 2016, Vol 68, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0004-6264
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/pasj/psv121