Two new pulsating hot subdwarf stars from the Edinburgh-Cape survey     

D. Kilkenny  D. O'Donoghue  L. Crause  C. Engelbrecht  N. Hambly  H. MacGillivray 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,396(1):548-552

We report the discovery of very rapid pulsations in two hot subdwarf stars from the Edinburgh-Cape blue object survey. The short periods, small amplitudes and multiperiodicity establish these stars as members of the class of rapidly-pulsating sdB stars. The spectrograms of both stars, however, show relatively strong He  ii 4686 and they are therefore more properly classified as sdOB. The light curve of EC 01541−1409 is dominated by two strong (∼1 per cent) variations with frequencies near 7114 and 7870 μHz (periods near 140.6 and 127.1 s), though at least five frequencies are present with amplitudes above about 0.002 mag. The light curve of EC 22221−3152 appears to be generated by at least 10 frequencies in the range 5670–11850 μHz (about 175–85 s) with amplitudes between about 0.01 and 0.001 mag, including the first overtone of the strongest variation. Somewhat surprisingly, this number of frequencies is detectable in observing runs as short as 3 h, probably due to the fact that the detected frequencies are well-separated.  相似文献   

New doubly-symmetric families of comet-like periodic orbits in the spatial restricted (N + 1)-body problem   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Jaume Llibre  Luci Any Roberto 《Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy》2009,104(3):307-318

For any positive integer N ≥ 2 we prove the existence of a new family of periodic solutions for the spatial restricted (N +1)-body problem. In these solutions the infinitesimal particle is very far from the primaries. They have large inclinations and some symmetries. In fact we extend results of Howison and Meyer (J. Diff. Equ. 163:174–197, 2000) from N = 2 to any positive integer N ≥ 2.   相似文献   

Search for VHE gamma rays from SS433/W50 with the CANGAROO-II telescope     

《Astroparticle Physics》2009,32(2):112-119

SS433, located at the center of the supernova remnant W50, is a close proximity binary system consisting of a compact star and a normal star. Jets of material are directed outwards from the vicinity of the compact star symmetrically to the east and west. Non-thermal hard X-ray emission is detected from lobes lying on both sides. Shock accelerated electrons are expected to generate VHE gamma rays through the inverse-Compton process in the lobes. Observations of the western X-ray lobe region of SS433/W50 system have been performed to detect VHE gamma rays using the 10 m CANGAROO-II telescope in August and September, 2001, and July and September, 2002. The total observation times are 85.2 h for ON source, and 80.8 h for OFF source data. No significant excess of VHE gamma rays has been found at three regions of the western X-ray lobe of SS433/W50 system. We have derived 99% confidence level upper limits to the fluxes of gamma rays and have set constraints on the strengths of the magnetic fields assuming the synchrotron/inverse-Compton model for the wide energy range of photon spectrum from radio to TeV. The derived lower limits are G for the center of the brightest X-ray emission region and G for the far end from SS433 in the western X-ray lobe. In addition, we suggest that the spot-like X-ray emission may provide a major contribution to the hardest X-ray spectrum in the lobe.  相似文献   

High resolution spectroscopy of two young active late type stars within 20 parsecs of the Sun     

Hui-Juan Wang Jian-Yan Wei 《中国天文和天体物理学报》2009,9(3)

We present high-resolution optical echell spectroscopy of HIP 544 and HIP 46843, two nearby solar like stars. The discovery of these young stars at such a close distance to the Sun is really a surprising phenomenon. It will help us to have a better understanding of the structure and evolutionary history of the Milky Way. The radial ve-locities (RV) of HIP 544 and HIP 46843 are measured to be -6.88±0.13km s-1 and 8.30±0.16km s-1, respectively, which are more accurate than before. The equivalent widths (EW) of the Li I 6707.8 A absorption line of HIP 544 and HIP 46843 are mea-sured to be 110±5mA and 195±5mA respectively. Based on these properties, HIP 544 is estimated to be 100-800Myr old and HIP 46843 30-100Myr old using three relatively creditable methods.  相似文献   

An orbital period investigation of the Algol-type eclipsing binary VW Hydrae     

Jia Zhang Sheng-Bang Qian Boonrucksar Soonthomthum 《中国天文和天体物理学报》2009,9(3)

Orbital period variations of the Algol-type eclipsing binary, VW Hydrae, are analyzed based on one newly determined eclipse time and the other times of light minima collected from the literature. It is discovered that the orbital period shows a continuous increase at a rate of dP/dt = +6.34×10-7 d yr-1 while it undergoes a cyclic change with an amplitude of 0.0639 d and a period of 51.5 yr. After the long-term period increase and the large-amphtude period oscillation were subtracted from the O-C curve, the residuals of the photoelectric and CCD data indicate a small-amplitude cyclic variation with a period of 8.75 yr and a small amplitude of 0.0048d. The continuous period increase indicates a conservative mass transfer at a rate of dM2/dt = 7.89×10-8 M⊙ yr-1 from the secondary to the primary. The period increase may be caused by a combination of the mass transfer from the secondary to the primary and the angular momentum transfer from the binary system to the circumbinary disk. The two cyclic period oscillations can be explained by light-travel time effects via the presence of additional bodies. The small-amplitude periodic change indicates the existence of a less massive component with mass M3 > 0.53 M⊙, while the large-amplitude one is caused by the presence of a more massive component with mass M4 > 2.84 M⊙. The ultraviolet source in the system reported by Kviz & Rufener (1987) may be one of the additional components, and it is possible that the more massive one may be an unseen neutron star or black hole. The rapid period increase and the possibility of the presence of two additional components in the binary make it a very interesting system to study. New photometric and high-resolution spectroscopic observations and a detailed investigation of those data are required in the future.  相似文献   

A multiwavelength study of the massive star-forming region IRAS 22506+5944     

Yuan-Wei Wu  Ye Xu  Ji Yang  Jing-Jing Li 《中国天文和天体物理学报》2009,9(12)

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Color gradients of spiral disks in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey     

Cheng-Ze Liu  Shi-Yin Shen  Zheng-Yi Shao  Rui-Xiang Chang  Jin-Liang Hou  Jun Yin  Da-Wei Yang 《中国天文和天体物理学报》2009,9(10)

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The tidal tails of globular cluster Palomar 5 based on the neural networks method     

Hu Zou  Zhen-Yu WU  Jun Ma  Xu Zhou 《中国天文和天体物理学报》2009,9(10)

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An unusual timing and spectral state of a black hole microquasar XTE J1550-564     

Ying-Kang Jin Shuang-Nan Zhang Ti-Pei Li 《中国天文和天体物理学报》2009,9(2)

An unusual timing and spectral state of a black hole microquasar XTE J1550-564 observed with RXTE is analyzed. Millisecond variabilities are found, which are significantly shorter than the minimum possible time scale in the light curves of black hole binaries, as suggested by Sunyaev & Revnivtsev (2000). The X-ray spectral fitting result indicates that there is an unusual soft component in the spectrum, which may be responsible for the millisecond variabilities. The millisecond variabilities as well as the unusual soft spectral component should be produced from some small, but independent active regions in the accretion disk.  相似文献   

The pairwise velocity difference of over 2000 BHB stars in the Milky Way halo     

Xiang-Xiang Xue  Hans-Walter Rixm  Gang Zhao 《中国天文和天体物理学报》2009,9(11)

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