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1999MNRAS.305..473L - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 305, 473-480 (1999/May-2)

WZ Sagittae as a DQ Herculis star.

LASOTA J.-P., KUULKERS E. and CHARLES P.

Abstract (from CDS):

We argue that quiescent WZ Sge is a rapidly spinning magnetic rotator in which most of the matter transferred from the secondary is ejected from the system. Assuming that the observed 27.87-s oscillation period results from the spinning white dwarf, we propose that the other observed principal period of 28.96 s is a beat caused by reprocessing of the rotating white dwarf beam on plasma blobs in Keplerian rotation at the outer disc rim. The weaker, transient, 29.69-s period is identified as a beat with the Keplerian period of the magnetosphere. WZ Sge evolves through a cycle of spin-up and spin-down phases. During the spin-down phase it is a DQ Her star; during the spin-up phase it should be a ER UMa star.

Abstract Copyright: 1999, Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): stars: individual: WZ Sge - stars: magnetic fields novae, cataclysmic variables - stars: oscillations - stars: rotation

Simbad objects: 4

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