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2005PASP..117..922P - Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 117, 922-927 (2005/September-0)

The dwarf nova PQ Andromedae.

PATTERSON J., THORSTENSEN J.R., ARMSTRONG E., HENDEN A.A. and HYNES R.I.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report a photometric study of the WZ Sagittae-type dwarf nova PQ Andromedae. The light curve shows strong (0.05 mag full amplitude) signals with periods of 1263(1) and 634(1) s, and a likely double-humped signal with P=80.6(2) minutes. We interpret the first two as nonradial pulsation periods of the underlying white dwarf, and the last as the orbital period of the underlying binary. We estimate a distance of 150(50) pc from proper motions and the two standard candles available: the white dwarf and the dwarf-nova outburst. At this distance, the K magnitude implies that the secondary is probably fainter than any star on the main sequence–indicating a mass below the Kumar limit at 0.075 M. PQ And may be another ``period bouncer'', where evolution now drives the binary out to a longer period.

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Journal keyword(s): Accretion, Accretion Disks - Stars: Binaries: Close - Stars: Novae, Cataclysmic Variables - stars: individual (PQ Andromedae)

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