Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
KAZAN
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
 
ON ACCRETION IN THE ECLIPSING POLAR BS TRI
Form of presentationArticles in international journals and collections
Year of publication2022
Языканглийский
  • Kolbin Aleksandr Ivanovich, author
  • Shimanskiy Vladislav Vladimirovich, author
  • Bibliographic description in the original language Kolbin AI, Borisov NV, Serebriakova NA, On accretion in the eclipsing polar BS Tri//MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. - 2022. - Vol.511, Is.1. - P.20-30.
    Annotation We analyse spectroscopic and photometric observations of the eclipsing polar BS Tri. The polar's light-curve-shape variations can be interpreted by changing contributions of the accretion stream to the integral radiation of the system. Based on the radial- v elocity curv es of the irradiated part of the secondary, we refine the masses of the system components, M 1 = 0.60 ?0.04 M and M 2 ≈0.12 M , and the orbital inclination, i = 85 ?0.5 ◦. The polar's spectra rev eal c yclotron harmonics forming in an accretion spot with a magnetic field strength of B = 22.7 ?0.4 MG and an average temperature of T ∼10 keV. In addition to the cyclotron harmonics, the BS Tri spectra contain Zeeman components of H αline, which are probably formed in the cool halo near the accretion spot. The orientation of the magnetic dipole and the coordinates of the accretion spot are estimated by modelling the light curves of the polar. We show that for a satisfactory description of the BS Tri light curves we have to take into account the variability of the spot's optical depth along the line of sight. Doppler maps of BS Tri show a part of the accretion stream with a trajectory close to ballistic near the Lagrange point L 1 , and another part of the stream moving along the magnetic field lines. The estimate of the stagnation region position found from the Doppler tomograms is consistent with the photometric estimates of the accretion spot position.
    Keywords binaries: eclipsing, stars: magnetic field, stars: novae, cataclysmic variables
    The name of the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
    URL https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3676
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