Z Cha and its Superhumps
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2009-04-15 v1
Abstract
From the analysis of superhump eclipses of Z Cha it is found that the location of the superhump light source coincides with the overflowing parts of the stream. This implies that superhumps are due to modulated mass transfer rate resulting in periodically enhanced dissipation of the kinetic energy of the stream.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0902.2875,
title = {Z Cha and its Superhumps},
author = {J. Smak},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.2875},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
12 pages, 8 figures, submitted to "Acta Astronomica"