Quiescent photometric modulations of two low-inclination cataclysmic variables KZ Geminorum and TW Virginis
- 5 October 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by EDP Sciences in Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Vol. 606, A45
- https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731310
Abstract
Aims. The quiescent periodic photometric modulations of two low-inclination cataclysmic variables observed in Kepler K2 Campaigns 0 and 1, KZ Gem and TW Vir, are investigated.Methods. A phase-correcting method was successfully used to detect the orbital modulations of KZ Gem and TW Vir and improve their orbital periods. The light curve morphologies of both CVs were further analyzed by defining flux ratios and creating colormaps.Results. KZ Gem shows ellipsoidal modulations with an orbital period of 0.22242(1) day, twice the period listed in the updated RK catalogue (Edition 7.24). With this newly determined period, KZ Gem is no longer a CV in the period gap, but a long-period CV. A part of the quiescent light curve of TW Vir that had the highest stability was used to deduce its improved orbital period of 0.182682(3) day. The flat patterns shown in the colormaps of the flux ratios for KZ Gem demonstrate the stability of their orbital modulations, while TW Vir show variable orbital modulations during the K2 datasets. In TW Vir, the single versus double-peaked nature of the quiescent orbital variations before and after superoutburst may be related to the effect of the superoutburst on the accretion disk.Keywords
Funding Information
- CAS Light of West China Program
- Science Foundation of Yunnan Province (2016FB007)
- NSF (AST-1514737)
- Naughton Foundation
- UCC Strategic Research Fund
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