Spectroscopic Study of SU UMa-type Dwarf Nova YZ Cnc during its 2002 Superoutburst
Abstract
We report time-resolved spectroscopic observations of the SU Ursae Majoris dwarf nova, YZ Cnc, for 2 nights over 11 hrs during its 2002 January superoutburst. The spectra only show absorption-line profiles in the first day. But the lines display blue and red troughs, with ``W'' profiles in the second day. The radial velocity curve of the absorption troughs and emission peaks of H has an amplitude of km s and a phase offset of , which are very similar to those measured in quiescence; however, the velocity deviates strongly from the systemic velocity measured in quiescence, showing variation of the order of 60 km s. And large shifts of 70 km s and 0.09, for the orbital-averaged velocity and phase respectively, are also found in our observations. All these phenomena can be well explained with a precession of an eccentric disk and we conclude that these phenomena are the characteristic products of an eccentric accretion disk.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0507241,
title = {Spectroscopic Study of SU UMa-type Dwarf Nova YZ Cnc during its 2002 Superoutburst},
author = {Ying-he Zhao and Zong-yun Li and Xiao-an Wu and Qiu-he Peng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0507241},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in ChJAA