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Detection of an Extremely Active State of AM Canum Venaticorum
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract:
We report fast photometric observations on AM CANUM VENATICORUM (AM CVn) the ultra short period, hydrogen deficient variable. We have detected on 24th February, 1985 an intense flare of (Δm)peak≈0.34 in white light lasting over 200s. Following this flare we observe an enhanced double humped structure lasting for 1051s which is the dominant periodicity exhibited by AM CVn. We have also detected the 525s and 1051s periods. In addition, we report flickerings, lasting typically 1-2 minutes, that are characteristic of cataclysmic variables.
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- VII Related Objects
- Information
- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 87: Hydrogen Deficient Stars and Related Objects , 1985 , pp. 397 - 403
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- Copyright © Reidel 1986