激变变星的辐射模型和多色测光的对比研究

基于黑体模型，本对激变变星各成分的辐射作了定量的分析，并与观测作了比较。结果表明，简化模型与大多数观测拟合得较好。通过这个模型，我们可以大致看出激变变星不同成分在不同的波段对辐射贡献的相对比例，同时也为我们以前的统计结果给出了一些理论依据。     

激变变星的多波段研究(Ⅱ)(英文)

本文继续介绍激变变星在紫外、极端紫外（EUV）、以及X射线波段的辐射特征。我们仍然从观测现象和理论解释两方面来介绍。激变变星在这些波段有很强的辐射，因而有丰富的观测现象，这对于我们更好的认识这类吸积系统有重要意义。     

激变变星的多波段研究（II）

本文继续介绍变变星在紫外，极端紫外（ＥＵＶ），以及Ｘ射线波段的辐射特征。我们仍然从观测现象和理论解释两个方面来介绍。激变变星在这些波段有很强的辐射，因而有丰富观测理，这对于我们更好的认识这类吸积系统有重要意义。     

V795 Her的观测特征

简要介绍激变变星及激变变星的测光特征,重点介绍了类新星主为星V795 Her自发现以来的一系列观测,包括测光、分光、X射线、紫外观测等。同时,介绍了V795 Her的双星模型、演化模型及我们的测光结果。     

激变变星的多波段研究（Ⅰ）

最近十年来，无论是在观测上还是在理论上，人们对激变变星的认识都取得了巨大进展。本文从射电，红外，可见光三个波段对激变变量的观测现象，如流量分布，光变曲线，驼峰现象和闪烁现象，以及对这些观测现象的理论解释作一简单介绍。     

双星统计演化及激变变星的形成

介绍了双得统计演化的方法和手段,并对激变星的形成进行了Monte-Carlo模拟,模拟显示,激变变星的诞生度、白矮子星质量分布、轨道周期分布的理论结果与观测结果保持一致。另外,还研究了激变变星的形成与模型参量之间的关系,这些参量包括公共包层抛射效率、双星初始质量比分布、年龄、金融丰度等。     

短周期激变变星周期分布的新统计

我们对周期小于周期分布空缺段的激变变星，重新进行了周期分布统计，使用了比Ｗａｒｎｅｒ等人更多，更新的资料，统计中发现一个ＡＭＨｅｒ型ＣＶｓ：ＧＲＵＶ１偏离了Ｗａｒｎｅｒ等人的统计结果，我们给出了ＣＶＳ新的周期分布图和相应于此分布的随机概率。虽然结果与Ｗａｒｎｅｒ等人的不同，但周期分布同磁场仍呈现一定的相关性，磁激变变星与非磁激变变星同样显示出成团趋势。     

激变变星的长期演化

介绍激变变星长期演化的基本概念和标准模型,及辐照效应对激变变星长期演化的影响。     

短周期激变变星周期分布的新统计

我们对周期小于周期分布空缺段的激变变星(CVs),重新进行了周期分布统计,使用了比Warner等人更多、更新的资料.统计中发现一个AM Her型CVs:GRU V1偏离了Warner等人的统计结果.我们给出了CVs 新的周期分布图和相应于此分布的随机概率.虽然结果与Warner等人的不同,但周期分布同磁场仍呈现一定的相关性,磁激变变星(MCVs)与非磁激变变星(NMCVS)同样显示出成团趋势.     

7个ROSAT源被证认为激变变星

1990年6月发射的ROSAT卫星完成了全天的X射线巡天观测,得到了包括18811个X射线源的ROSAT全天巡天亮源表（RASS－BSC）。通过对ROSAT亮X射线源不学对应体的证认,我们已经发现了7个激变变星,给出了这7个激变变星的低色散光谱,并根据它们的光谱特征及其它性质进行了讨论。     

Thermal stability and nova cycles in permanent superhump systems

Archival data on permanent superhump systems are compiled to test the thermal stability of their accretion discs. We find that their discs are almost certainly thermally stable as expected. This result confirms Osaki's suggestion that permanent superhump systems form a new subclass of cataclysmic variables (CVs), with relatively short orbital periods and high mass-transfer rates. We note that if the high accretion rates estimated in permanent superhump systems represent their mean secular values, then their mass-transfer rates cannot be explained by gravitational radiation, therefore, either magnetic braking should be extrapolated to systems below the period gap or they must have mass-transfer cycles. Alternatively, a new mechanism that removes angular momentum from CVs below the gap should be invoked.
We suggest applying the nova cycle scenarios offered for systems above the period gap to the short orbital period CVs. Permanent superhumps have been observed in the two non-magnetic ex-novae with binary periods below the gap. Their post-nova magnitudes are brighter than their pre-outburst values. In one case (V1974 Cyg) it has been demonstrated that the pre-nova should have been a regular SU UMa system. Thus, it is the first nova whose accretion disc was observed to change its thermal stability. If the superhumps in this system indicate persistent high mass-transfer rates rather than a temporary change induced by irradiation from the hot post-nova white dwarf, it is the first direct evidence for mass-transfer cycles in CVs. The proposed cycles are driven by the nova eruption.     

Tomographic Simulations of Accretion Disks in Cataclysmic Variables – Flickering and Wind

Cataclysmic Variables (CVs) are close binary systems where mass is transferred from a red dwarf star to a white dwarf star via an accretion disk. The flickering is observed as stochastic variations in the emitted radiation both in the continuum and in the emission line profiles.The main goal of our simulations is to compare synthetic Doppler maps with observed ones, aiming to constrain the flickering properties and wind parameters.A code was developed which generates synthetic emission line profiles of a geometrically thin and optically thick accretion disk. The simulation allows us to include flares in a particular disk region. The emission line flares may be integrated over arbitrary ‘`exposure’' times, producing the synthetic line profiles. Flickering Doppler maps are created using such synthetic time series. The presence of a wind inside the Roche lobe was also implemented. Radiative transfer effects in the lines where taken into account in order to reproduce the single peaked line profiles frequently seen in nova-like CVs.     

Brown dwarfs and the cataclysmic variable period minimum

Using improved, up-to-date stellar input physics tested against observations of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs, we calculate the secular evolution of low-mass donor cataclysmic variables (CVs), including those that form with a brown-dwarf donor. Our models confirm the mismatch between the calculated minimum period ( P _min70 min) and the observed short-period cut-off (80 min) in the CV period histogram. We find that tidal and rotational corrections applied to the one-dimensional stellar structure equations have no significant effect on the period minimum. Theoretical period distributions synthesized from our model sequences always show an accumulation of systems at the minimum period, a feature absent from the observed distribution. We suggest that non-magnetic CVs become unobservable as they are effectively trapped in permanent quiescence before they reach P _min, and that small-number statistics may hide the period spike for magnetic CVs.     

The chemical pollution of the secondary of a cataclysmic variableby novae

We study the chemical evolution of population I and population II secondaries in cataclysmic variables (CVs) assuming that during nova explosions a part of the high metallicity nova ejecta is intercepted by the secondary and mixed into its convective envelope. We derive analytic expressions for the chemical composition of the envelope of the secondary as a function of the chemical composition of the nova ejecta X _i,ej and the cross-section of the secondary σ . For population I CVs we find that the increase of the metallicity of the secondary is comparable to its initial metallicity only if σ is larger by an order of magnitude than the geometrical cross-section. A significant accumulation is therefore possible only in those species that are highly overabundant in the nova ejecta. Because the changes in the abundances of even those species depend strongly on the poorly known cross-section σ , the predictive power of our model is weak for population I CVs as long as σ is not well determined. In the case of population II CVs the accumulation of heavy elements by this process dominates over the initial metallicity of the secondary even for values of σ that are smaller by an order of magnitude than the geometrical cross-section. Thus, within a short time after turn-on of mass transfer, the relative metal abundances in the envelope of the secondary reflect those in the nova ejecta. This is nearly independent of the cross-section σ .     

SDSS unveils a population of intrinsically faint cataclysmic variables at the minimum orbital period

We discuss the properties of 137 cataclysmic variables (CVs) which are included in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectroscopic data base, and for which accurate orbital periods have been measured. 92 of these systems are new discoveries from SDSS and were followed-up in more detail over the past few years. 45 systems were previously identified as CVs because of the detection of optical outbursts and/or X-ray emission, and subsequently re-identified from the SDSS spectroscopy. The period distribution of the SDSS CVs differs dramatically from that of all the previously known CVs, in particular it contains a significant accumulation of systems in the orbital period range 80–86 min. We identify this feature as the elusive 'period minimum spike' predicted by CV population models, which resolves a long-standing discrepancy between compact binary evolution theory and observations. We show that this spike is almost entirely due to the large number of CVs with very low accretion activity identified by SDSS. The optical spectra of these systems are dominated by emission from the white dwarf photosphere, and display little or no spectroscopic signature from the donor stars, suggesting very low mass companion stars. We determine the average absolute magnitude of these low-luminosity CVs at the period minimum to be  〈 M_g 〉= 11.6 ± 0.7  . Comparison of the SDSS CV sample to the CVs found in the Hamburg Quasar Survey and the Palomar Green Survey suggests that the depth of SDSS is the key ingredient resulting in the discovery of a large number of intrinsically faint short-period systems.     

X-ray observations of non-magnetic CVs in the ASCA era and beyond

Our ability to study the hard X-ray emission in non-magnetic CVs has improved dramatically within the last decade. We review the important results on X-ray eclipses and dips, the current state-of-the-art in the modeling of X-ray spectra of CVs, then present some recent results on the hard X-ray emission from high accretion rate non-magnetic CVs. These results point to potential areas of conflict with accretion disk theories: the fate of the inner disk in quiescence, and the amount of material above the orbital plane. We conclude with some speculations on where near-future X-ray missions might take this field over the next decade.     

Cataclysmic variable evolution: AM Her binaries and the period gap

AM Her variables – synchronized magnetic cataclysmic variables (CVs) – exhibit a different period distribution from other CVs across the period gap. We show that non-AM Her systems may infiltrate the longer-period end of the period gap if they are metal-deficient, but that the position and width of the gap in orbital period are otherwise insensitive to other binary parameters (except for the normalization of the braking rate). In AM Her binaries, magnetic braking is reduced as the wind from the secondary star may be trapped within the magnetosphere of the white dwarf primary. This reduced braking fills the period gap from its short-period end as the dipole magnetic moment of the white dwarf increases. The consistency of these models with the observed distribution of CVs, of both AM Her and non-AM Her type, provides compelling evidence supporting magnetic braking as the agent of angular momentum loss among long-period CVs, and its disruption as the explanation of the  2–3 h  period gap among non-magnetic CVs.     

Doppler tomography of cataclysmic variables

The study of cataclysmic variables (CVs), and in particular of the evolution of their accretion discs throughout their different brightness states, has benefited largely from the use of indirect imaging techniques. I report on the latest results obtained from Doppler tomography of CVs concentrating mainly on results published since the 2000 Astrotomography meeting in Brussels. Emphasis is given to the spiral structures found in the accretion discs of some CVs, to the evolution of these structures throughout quiescence and outburst, and to our search for them in more systems. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

The secondary stars in cataclysmic variables and low-mass X-ray binaries

We critically re-examine the available data on the spectral types, masses and radii of the secondary stars in cataclysmic variables (CVs) and low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), using the new catalogue of Ritter &38; Kolb as a starting point. We find there are 55 reliable spectral type determinations and only 14 reliable mass determinations of CV secondary stars (10 and 5, respectively, in the case of LMXBs). We derive new spectral type–period, mass–radius, mass–period and radius–period relations, and compare them with theoretical predictions. We find that CV secondary stars with orbital periods shorter than 7–8 h are, as a group, indistinguishable from main-sequence stars in detached binaries. We find that it is not valid, however, to estimate the mass from the spectral type of the secondary star in CVs or LMXBs. We find that LMXB secondary stars show some evidence for evolution, with secondary stars which are slightly too large for their mass. We show how the masses and radii of the secondary stars in CVs can be used to test the validity of the disrupted magnetic braking model of CV evolution, but we find that the currently available data are not sufficiently accurate or numerous to allow such an analysis. As well as considering secondary star masses, we also discuss the masses of the white dwarfs in CVs, and find mean values of ⁻ M  = 0.69 ± 0.13 M_⊙ below the period gap, and ⁻ M  = 0.80 ± 0.22 M_⊙ above the period gap.