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Spectroscopic Study of SU UMa-type Dwarf Nova YZ Cnc during its 2002 Superoutburst

Astrophysics 2009-11-13 v1

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 Hβ\beta has an amplitude of 49±1049\pm10 km s1^{-1} and a phase offset of 0.07±0.04-0.07\pm0.04, which are very similar to those measured in quiescence; however, the γ\gamma velocity deviates strongly from the systemic velocity measured in quiescence, showing variation of the order of ±\pm60 km s1^{-1}. And large shifts of \sim70 km s1^{-1} and \sim0.09, 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.

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@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}
}

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11 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in ChJAA