SDSS J233325.92+152222.1 and the evolution of intermediate polars
| dc.creator | Southworth, John | |
| dc.creator | Gaensicke, B. T. | |
| dc.creator | Marsh, T. R. | |
| dc.creator | de Martino, D. | |
| dc.creator | Aungwerojwit, A. | |
| dc.date | 2007-04-04 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T10:59:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T10:59:23Z | |
| dc.description | Intermediate polars (IPs) are cataclysmic variables which contain magnetic white dwarfs with a rotational period shorter than the binary orbital period. Evolutionary theory predicts that IPs with long orbital periods evolve through the 2-3 hour period gap, but it is very uncertain what the properties of the resulting objects are. Whilst a relatively large number of long-period IPs are known, very few of these have short orbital periods. We present phase-resolved spectroscopy and photometry of SDSS J233325.92+152222.1 and classify it as the IP with the shortest known orbital period (83.12 +/- 0.09 min), which contains a white dwarf with a relatively long spin period (41.66 +/- 0.13 min). We estimate the white dwarf's magnetic moment to be mu(WD) \approx 2 x 10^33 G cm^3, which is not only similar to three of the other four confirmed short-period IPs but also to those of many of the long-period IPs. We suggest that long-period IPs conserve their magnetic moment as they evolve towards shorter orbital periods. Therefore the dominant population of long-period IPs, which have white dwarf spin periods roughly ten times shorter than their orbital periods, will likely end up as short-period IPs like SDSS J2333, with spin periods a large fraction of their orbital periods. | |
| dc.description | 6 pages with 5 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.0513 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0704.0513 | |
| dc.identifier | Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.378:635-640,2007 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11796.x | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/187384 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | SDSS J233325.92+152222.1 and the evolution of intermediate polars | |
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