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A Search for Superhumps in the Cataclysmic Variable SW Sextantis

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2015-06-03 v2

Abstract

We present differential photometry of the cataclysmic variable star SW Sextantis. A time series analysis was performed in search of superhumps in the accretion disk of this star, which is the prototype of a class of cataclysmic variables, the SW Sex stars. We find no superhumps, which shows that the presence of superhumps is not a defining feature of the SW Sex stars.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1112.4642,
  title  = {A Search for Superhumps in the Cataclysmic Variable SW Sextantis},
  author = {Gerald D. Rude and F. A. Ringwald},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.4642},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

9 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in New Astronomy

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