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A Photometric and Spectroscopic Comparison of the Cataclysmic Variables on the 2 Sides of the Period Gap and at a Specific Orbital Period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

P. Szkody
P. Szkody*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Abstract

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New and previously existing photometric colors and spectroscopic H and He line strengths are used to compare CV disk systems below the period gap (P=80–130 min) with those directly above (P=190–240 min). Significant differences are found in the mean U-B,V-J colors and in the Hβ equivalent widths on the 2 sides of the gap. A detailed comparison from UV-IR of 3 high inclination novalike systems with periods near 3.3 hr (PG1012−029, PG1030+590 and V1315 Aql) shows similar continuum distributions (and implied mass accretion rates) but large differences in high excitation lines (HeII1640,4686;CIV1550).

Type
II. Radio, IR and Optical Observations
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 93: Cataclysmic Variables: Recent Multi-Frequency Observations and Theoretical Developments , 1987 , pp. 69 - 73
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987

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