Minute-Cadence Observations of the LAMOST Fields with the TMTS: IV -- Catalog of Cataclysmic Variables from the First 3-yr Survey

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Main Authors: Liu, Qichun, Lin, Jie, Wang, Xiaofeng, Dai, Zhibin, Sun, Yongkang, Xi, Gaobo, Mo, Jun, Liu, Jialian, Yan, Shengyu, Filippenko, Alexei V., Brink, Thomas G., Yang, Yi, Patra, Kishore C., Cai, Yongzhi, Chen, Zhihao, Chen, Liyang, Guo, Fangzhou, Jiang, Xiaojun, Li, Gaici, Li, Wenxiong, Lin, Weili, Miao, Cheng, Ma, Xiaoran, Peng, Haowei, Xia, Qiqi, Xiang, Danfeng, Zhang, Jicheng
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author Liu, Qichun
Lin, Jie
Wang, Xiaofeng
Dai, Zhibin
Sun, Yongkang
Xi, Gaobo
Mo, Jun
Liu, Jialian
Yan, Shengyu
Filippenko, Alexei V.
Brink, Thomas G.
Yang, Yi
Patra, Kishore C.
Cai, Yongzhi
Chen, Zhihao
Chen, Liyang
Guo, Fangzhou
Jiang, Xiaojun
Li, Gaici
Li, Wenxiong
Lin, Weili
Miao, Cheng
Ma, Xiaoran
Peng, Haowei
Xia, Qiqi
Xiang, Danfeng
Zhang, Jicheng
author_facet Liu, Qichun
Lin, Jie
Wang, Xiaofeng
Dai, Zhibin
Sun, Yongkang
Xi, Gaobo
Mo, Jun
Liu, Jialian
Yan, Shengyu
Filippenko, Alexei V.
Brink, Thomas G.
Yang, Yi
Patra, Kishore C.
Cai, Yongzhi
Chen, Zhihao
Chen, Liyang
Guo, Fangzhou
Jiang, Xiaojun
Li, Gaici
Li, Wenxiong
Lin, Weili
Miao, Cheng
Ma, Xiaoran
Peng, Haowei
Xia, Qiqi
Xiang, Danfeng
Zhang, Jicheng
contents The Tsinghua University--Ma Huateng Telescopes for Survey (TMTS) started to monitor the LAMOST plates in 2020, leading to the discovery of numerous short-period eclipsing binaries, peculiar pulsators, flare stars, and other variable objects. Here, we present the uninterrupted light curves for a sample of 64 cataclysmic variables (CVs) observed/discovered using the TMTS during its first three-year observations, and we introduce new CVs and new light-variation periods (from known CVs) revealed through the TMTS observations. Thanks to the high-cadence observations of TMTS, diverse light variations, including superhumps, quasi-periodic oscillations, large-amplitude orbital modulations, and rotational modulations, are able to be detected in our CV samples, providing key observational clues for understanding the fast-developing physical processes in various CVs. All of these short-timescale light-curve features help further classify the subtypes of CV systems. We highlight the light-curve features observed in our CV sample and discuss further implications of minute-cadence light curves for CV identifications and classifications. Moreover, we examine the H$α$ emission lines in the spectra from our nonmagnetic CV samples (i.e., dwarf novae and nova-like subclasses) and find that the distribution of H$α$ emission strength shows significant differences between the sources with orbital periods above and below the period gap, which agrees with the trend seen from the SDSS nonmagnetic CV sample.
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spellingShingle Minute-Cadence Observations of the LAMOST Fields with the TMTS: IV -- Catalog of Cataclysmic Variables from the First 3-yr Survey
Liu, Qichun
Lin, Jie
Wang, Xiaofeng
Dai, Zhibin
Sun, Yongkang
Xi, Gaobo
Mo, Jun
Liu, Jialian
Yan, Shengyu
Filippenko, Alexei V.
Brink, Thomas G.
Yang, Yi
Patra, Kishore C.
Cai, Yongzhi
Chen, Zhihao
Chen, Liyang
Guo, Fangzhou
Jiang, Xiaojun
Li, Gaici
Li, Wenxiong
Lin, Weili
Miao, Cheng
Ma, Xiaoran
Peng, Haowei
Xia, Qiqi
Xiang, Danfeng
Zhang, Jicheng
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
The Tsinghua University--Ma Huateng Telescopes for Survey (TMTS) started to monitor the LAMOST plates in 2020, leading to the discovery of numerous short-period eclipsing binaries, peculiar pulsators, flare stars, and other variable objects. Here, we present the uninterrupted light curves for a sample of 64 cataclysmic variables (CVs) observed/discovered using the TMTS during its first three-year observations, and we introduce new CVs and new light-variation periods (from known CVs) revealed through the TMTS observations. Thanks to the high-cadence observations of TMTS, diverse light variations, including superhumps, quasi-periodic oscillations, large-amplitude orbital modulations, and rotational modulations, are able to be detected in our CV samples, providing key observational clues for understanding the fast-developing physical processes in various CVs. All of these short-timescale light-curve features help further classify the subtypes of CV systems. We highlight the light-curve features observed in our CV sample and discuss further implications of minute-cadence light curves for CV identifications and classifications. Moreover, we examine the H$α$ emission lines in the spectra from our nonmagnetic CV samples (i.e., dwarf novae and nova-like subclasses) and find that the distribution of H$α$ emission strength shows significant differences between the sources with orbital periods above and below the period gap, which agrees with the trend seen from the SDSS nonmagnetic CV sample.
title Minute-Cadence Observations of the LAMOST Fields with the TMTS: IV -- Catalog of Cataclysmic Variables from the First 3-yr Survey
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12104