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2008ApJ...676.1226L - Astrophys. J., 676, 1226-1239 (2008/April-1)

Synthetic spectrum constraints on a model of the cataclysmic variable QU Carinae.

LINNELL A.P., GODON P., HUBENY I., SION E.M., SZKODY P. and BARRETT P.E.

Abstract (from CDS):

Neither standard model SEDs nor truncated standard model SEDs fit observed spectra of QU Carinae with acceptable accuracy over the range 900-3000 Å. Nonstandard model SEDs fit the observation set accurately. The nonstandard accretion disk models have a hot region extending from the white dwarf to R=1.36RWD, a narrow intermediate-temperature annulus, and an isothermal remainder to the tidal cutoff boundary. The models include a range of M{dot} values between 1.0x10–7 and 1.0x10–6 M☉/yr and limiting values of MWD between 0.6 and 1.2 M☉. A solution with MWD=1.2 M☉ is consistent with an empirical mass-period relation. The set of models agree on a limited range of possible isothermal region Teff values between 14,000 and 18,000 K. The model-to-model residuals are so similar that it is not possible to choose a best model. The Hipparcos distance, 610 pc, is representative of the model results. The orbital inclination is between 40° and 60°.

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Journal keyword(s): Stars: Novae, Cataclysmic Variables - stars: individual: constellation name: QU Carinae - Stars: White Dwarfs

CDS comments: Parag. 10 SDSS J0809 = SDSS J080908.39+381406.2

Simbad objects: 4

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