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The period bouncer system SDSS J105754.25+275947.5: first radial velocity study

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2023-11-21 v2

Abstract

We report the first radial velocity spectroscopic study of the eclipsing period bouncer SDSS J105754.25+275947.5. Together with eclipse light curve modeling, we redetermined the system parameters and studied the accretion disk structure. We confirm that the system contains a white dwarf with MWD=0.83(3)MM_{\mathrm{WD}}=0.83(3) M_\odot and an effective temperature of 11,500(400)K. The mass of the secondary is M2=0.056MM_2 = 0.056 M_\odot with an effective temperature of T2_2=2,100K or below. The system inclination is i=84.3(6)i=84.3(6). The data is in good agreement with our determination of K1K_1 = 33(4) km s1^{-1}. We estimate the mass transfer rate as M˙=\dot{M}=1.9(2)×1011Myr1\times 10^{-11} M_\odot yr^{-1}. Based on an analysis of the SDSS and OSIRIS spectra, we conclude that the optical continuum is formed predominantly by the radiation from the white dwarf. The contribution of the accretion disk is low and originates from the outer part of the disk. The Balmer emission lines are formed in a plasma with log\log N0N_0 = 12.7 [cm1^{-1}] and a kinetic temperature of T\sim10,000K. The size of the disk, where the emission lines are formed, expands up to Rd,out=0.29RR_\mathrm{d,out}=0.29 R_\odot. The inner part of the emission line forming region goes down to Rd,in2RWDR_\mathrm{d,in}\approx 2 R_\mathrm{WD} . The Doppler tomography and trailed spectra show the presence of a hot spot and a clumpy structure in the disk, with variable intensity along the disk position angle. There is an extended region at the side opposite the hot spot with two bright clumps caused more probably by non-Keplerian motion there.

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@article{arxiv.2310.00909,
  title  = {The period bouncer system SDSS J105754.25+275947.5: first radial velocity study},
  author = {J. Echevarria and S. Zharikov and I. Mora Zamora},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.00909},
  year   = {2023}
}

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8 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS