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Title:
On the modulated light in the intermediate polar FO Aquarii/H 2215-086
Authors:
de Martino, D.; Buckley, D. A. H.; Mouchet, M.; Mukai, K.
Affiliation:
AA(ESA IUE Observatory, Madrid, Spain), AB(ESA IUE Observatory, Madrid, Spain), AC(DAEC Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France), AD(DAEC Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France)
Publication:
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 284, no. 1, p. 125-137 (A&A Homepage)
Publication Date:
04/1994
Category:
Astrophysics
Origin:
STI
NASA/STI Keywords:
ACCRETION DISKS, CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES, INFRARED SPECTRA, LIGHT MODULATION, STELLAR MOTIONS, VISIBLE SPECTRUM, X RAY SPECTRA, SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, SYMMETRY, X RAY BINARIES
Bibliographic Code:
1994A&A...284..125D

Abstract

The modulated light in the Intermediate Polar FO Aqr at the three periods Pspin = 20.9 min, Porb = 4.85 hr and Pbeat = 22.5 min is studied in different spectral ranges to derive information on their nature. In this system the accretion geometry, with or without an accretion disk, is still a matter of debate (Hellier 1991; Norton et al. 1992). The different orbital behavior of phase coherence between the spin and beat pulses in the X-rays (Norton et al. 1992) and in the optical/IR regions cannot be easily accounted for by only a diskless dominated geometry where the accretion flow is switching from one pole to the other each half of the beat period. We therefore propose an accretion scenario where a non-axisymmetric disk is present. In such a non-standard accretion disk an azimuthal structure provides not only the source of variable mass transfer to the white dwarf, but also a reprocessing site which is mainly viewing the X-ray emission from the lower pole. Our spectral analysis shows that reprocessing is also occurring at the surface of the secondary star. The spin pulsation in the optical and IR continua can be explained by the so-called 'accretion curtain' model (Rosen et al. 1988) though an additional reprocessing component at the spin period cannot be excluded. In contrast to the X-rays, the beat optical/IR modulation is not intrinsic. Reprocessing at the surface of the secondary star and at the thickened part of the disk can also account for the orbital modulation in the UV, optical and IR regions.

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