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The Orbital Period Of The Pre-Cataclysmic Binary Re 2013+400 And A Study Of The Atmosphere Of The Dao White Dwarf Primary, M. A. Barstow, M. R. Burleigh, T. A. Fleming, J. B. Holberg, D. Koester, M. C. Marsh, S. R. Rosen, R. G.M. Rutten, S. Sakai, R. W. Tweedy, G. Wegner Feb 1995

The Orbital Period Of The Pre-Cataclysmic Binary Re 2013+400 And A Study Of The Atmosphere Of The Dao White Dwarf Primary, M. A. Barstow, M. R. Burleigh, T. A. Fleming, J. B. Holberg, D. Koester, M. C. Marsh, S. R. Rosen, R. G.M. Rutten, S. Sakai, R. W. Tweedy, G. Wegner

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Several pre-cataclysmic binaries, comprising a hot white dwarf with a red dwarf companion, have been discovered as a result of the optical identification of EUV sources from the ROSAT all-sky survey. The optical spectra have the steep blue continuum and Balmer absorption typical of a hot white dwarf, but there are bright, narrow emission lines of H I (and sometimes He I and Ca II) superimposed. An intense campaign of follow-up observations has been devoted to these binary systems. So far, only RE 2013+400 has exhibited any measurable changes in the radial velocities of the emission components, from which it …


Ca Ii H And K And Hydrogen-Line Variations In V471 Tauri (=Bd + 16°516), Terry D. Oswalt Apr 1979

Ca Ii H And K And Hydrogen-Line Variations In V471 Tauri (=Bd + 16°516), Terry D. Oswalt

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Spectroscopic and narrow-band photoelectric observations of the white dwarf eclipsing binary V471 Tau (= BD + 16°516) are reported. Periodic fluctuations in Ca IIH and K emission and Ha absorption, and a wave-like distortion of the light curve mimic the characteristics of several well-observed RS CVn binaries. A probable correlation between maximum emission-line strength and wave minimum is shown to exist.