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Decomposing Interacting Binary Light Curves: The Eclipses of the Mean Light, Secular Variability and Flickering in RW Tri

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Paul J. Bennie ,
R. W. Hilditch  and
Keith Horne
Paul J. Bennie
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, KY16 9SS, UK
R. W. Hilditch
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, KY16 9SS, UK
Keith Horne
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, KY16 9SS, UK

Abstract

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We describe a new method of orbital light curve decomposition which is applicable to long-term photometry of interacting binaries. This method determines the orbital dependence (including eclipses) of the mean light, secular variability and RMS flickering. We identify the true line of centres of RW Tri and find that the accretion disc is a location of secular variability and a source of flickering.

Type
Non-Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 158: Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects , 1996 , pp. 33 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996

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