Superoutburst of WZSge-type dwarf nova below the period minimum: ASASSN-15po


Por: Namekata, Kosuke, Isogai, Keisuke, Kato, Taichi, Littlefield, Colin, Matsumoto, Katsura, Kojiguchi, Naoto, Sugiura, Yuki, Uto, Yusuke, Fukushima, Daiki, Tatsumi, Taiki, Yamada, Eiji, Kamibetsunawa, Taku, de Miguel, Enrique, Stein, William L., Sabo, Richard, Andreev, Maksim V., Morelle, Etienne, Pavlenko, E. P., Babina, Julia V., Baklanov, Alex V., Antonyuk, Kirill A., Antonyuk, Okasana I., Sosnovskij, Aleksei A., Shugarov, Sergey Yu., Golysheva, Polina Yu., Gladilina, Natalia G., Miller, Ian, Neustroev, Vitaly V., Chavushyan, Vahram, Valdes, Jose R., Sjoberg, George, Maeda, Yutaka, Itoh, Hiroshi, Masi, Gianluca, Michel, Raul, Dubovsky, Pavol A., Kiyota, Seiichiro, Tordai, Tamas, Oksanen, Arto, Ruiz, Javier, Nogami, Daisaku

Publicada: 1 feb 2017
Resumen:
We report on a superoutburst of a WZ Sge-type dwarf nova (DN), ASASSN-15po. The light curve showed the main superoutburst and multiple rebrightenings. In this outburst, we observed early superhumps and growing (stage A) superhumps with periods of 0.050454(2) and 0.051809(13) d, respectively. We estimated that the mass ratio of secondary to primary (q) is 0.0699(8) by using Porb and a superhump period PSH of stage A. ASASSN-15po [Porb ~ 72.6 min] is the first DN with an orbital period between 67-76 min. Although the theoretical predicted period minimum Pmin of hydrogen-rich cataclysmic variables (CVs) is about 65-70 min, the observational cut-off of the orbital period distribution at 80 min implies that the period minimum is about 82min, and the value is widely accepted. We suggest the following four possibilities: the object is (1) a theoretical period minimum object, (2) a binary with a evolved secondary, (3) a binary with a metal-poor (Popullation II) seconday, or (4) a binary which was born with a brown-dwarf donor below the period minimum.

Filiaciones:
Namekata, Kosuke:
 Kyoto Univ, Dept Astron, Sakyo Ku, Kitashirakawa Oiwake Cho, Kyoto, Kyoto 6068502, Japan

Isogai, Keisuke:
 Kyoto Univ, Dept Astron, Sakyo Ku, Kitashirakawa Oiwake Cho, Kyoto, Kyoto 6068502, Japan

Kato, Taichi:
 Kyoto Univ, Dept Astron, Sakyo Ku, Kitashirakawa Oiwake Cho, Kyoto, Kyoto 6068502, Japan

Littlefield, Colin:
 Univ Notre Dame, Dept Phys, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA

Matsumoto, Katsura:
 Osaka Kyoiku Univ, 4-698-1 Asahigaoka, Osaka 5828582, Japan

Kojiguchi, Naoto:
 Osaka Kyoiku Univ, 4-698-1 Asahigaoka, Osaka 5828582, Japan

Sugiura, Yuki:
 Osaka Kyoiku Univ, 4-698-1 Asahigaoka, Osaka 5828582, Japan

Uto, Yusuke:
 Osaka Kyoiku Univ, 4-698-1 Asahigaoka, Osaka 5828582, Japan

Fukushima, Daiki:
 Osaka Kyoiku Univ, 4-698-1 Asahigaoka, Osaka 5828582, Japan

Tatsumi, Taiki:
 Osaka Kyoiku Univ, 4-698-1 Asahigaoka, Osaka 5828582, Japan

Yamada, Eiji:
 Osaka Kyoiku Univ, 4-698-1 Asahigaoka, Osaka 5828582, Japan

Kamibetsunawa, Taku:
 Osaka Kyoiku Univ, 4-698-1 Asahigaoka, Osaka 5828582, Japan

de Miguel, Enrique:
 Univ Huelva, Fac Ciencias Expt, Dept Fis Aplicada, Huelva 21071, Spain

 Ctr Backyard Astrophys, Observ CIECEM, Parque Dunar, Almonte 21760, Huelva, Spain

Stein, William L.:
 66025 Calle Paraiso, Las Cruces, NM 88012 USA

Sabo, Richard:
 72336 Trailcrest Dr, Bozeman, MT 59718 USA

Andreev, Maksim V.:
 Russian Acad Sci, Terskol Branch Inst Astron, Peak Terskol 361605, Kabardino Balka, Russia

 NASU, Int Ctr Astron Med & Ecol Res, Ukraine 27 Akad Zabolotnoho Str, UA-03680 Kiev, Ukraine

Morelle, Etienne:
 9 Rue Vasco GAMA, F-59553 Lauwin Planque, France

Pavlenko, E. P.:
 Crimean Astrophys Observ, UA-298409 Nauchnyi, Crimea, Ukraine

Babina, Julia V.:
 Crimean Astrophys Observ, UA-298409 Nauchnyi, Crimea, Ukraine

Baklanov, Alex V.:
 Crimean Astrophys Observ, UA-298409 Nauchnyi, Crimea, Ukraine

Antonyuk, Kirill A.:
 Crimean Astrophys Observ, UA-298409 Nauchnyi, Crimea, Ukraine

Antonyuk, Okasana I.:
 Crimean Astrophys Observ, UA-298409 Nauchnyi, Crimea, Ukraine

Sosnovskij, Aleksei A.:
 Crimean Astrophys Observ, UA-298409 Nauchnyi, Crimea, Ukraine

Shugarov, Sergey Yu.:
 Lomonosov Moscow Univ, Sternberg Astron Inst, Univ Skaya Ave 13, Moscow 119992, Russia

 Slovak Acad Sci, Astron Inst, Tatranska Lomnica 05960, Slovakia

Golysheva, Polina Yu.:
 Lomonosov Moscow Univ, Sternberg Astron Inst, Univ Skaya Ave 13, Moscow 119992, Russia

Gladilina, Natalia G.:
 Russian Acad Sci, Inst Astron, 119017 Pyatnitskaya Str 48, Moscow, Russia

Miller, Ian:
 Furzehill House, Swansea SA2 7LE, W Glam, Wales

Neustroev, Vitaly V.:
 Univ Oulu, Astron Res Unit, POB 3000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland

 Univ Turku, Finnish Ctr Astron ESO FINCA, Vaisalnite 20, FIN-21500 Piikkio, Finland

Chavushyan, Vahram:
 Inst Nacl Astrofis Opt & Electr, Luis Enrique Erro 1, Puebla 72840, Mexico

Valdes, Jose R.:
 Inst Nacl Astrofis Opt & Electr, Luis Enrique Erro 1, Puebla 72840, Mexico

Sjoberg, George:
 Amer Assosicat Variable Star Observers, 49 Bay State Rd, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

 George Elma Observ, Mayhill, NM USA

Maeda, Yutaka:
 Kaminishiyamamachi 12-14, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 8500006, Japan

Itoh, Hiroshi:
 VSOLJ, 1001-105 Nishiterakata, Hachioji, Tokyo 1920153, Japan

Masi, Gianluca:
 Virtual Telescope Project, Via Madonna Loco 47, I-03023 Ceccano, FR, Italy

Michel, Raul:
 UNAM, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 877, Ensenada 22800, Baja California, Mexico

Dubovsky, Pavol A.:
 Vihorlat Observ, Mierova 4, Humenne, Slovakia

Kiyota, Seiichiro:
 VSOLJ, 7-1 Kitahatsutomi, Kamagaya, Chiba 2730126, Japan

Tordai, Tamas:
 Hungarian Astron Assoc, Polaris Observ, Laborc 2-c, H-1037 Budapest, Hungary

Oksanen, Arto:
 Jyvaskylan Sirius Ry, Hankasalmi Observ, Verkkoniementie 30, Muurame 40950, Finland

Ruiz, Javier:
 Observ Cantabria, Ctra Rocamundo S-N, Valderredible 39220, Cantabria, Spain

 CSIC, Inst Fis Cantabria, UC, Ave Castros S-N, E-39005 Santander, Cantabria, Spain

 Agrupac Astron Cantabria, Apartado 573, Santander 39080, Spain

Nogami, Daisaku:
 Kyoto Univ, Dept Astron, Sakyo Ku, Kitashirakawa Oiwake Cho, Kyoto, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
ISSN: 00046264
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