A Refined Orbital Ephemeris for the Intermediate Polar FO Aquarii and Evidence for a Period Derivative

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Auteurs principaux: Garnavich, Peter, Tweddale, Jordan, Littlefield, Colin
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author Garnavich, Peter
Tweddale, Jordan
Littlefield, Colin
author_facet Garnavich, Peter
Tweddale, Jordan
Littlefield, Colin
contents We combine more than 40 years of eclipse timings of the intermediate polar FO Aqr and derive new orbital ephemerides. The eclipse times are best fit with a second order polynomial, implying an $8σ$ detection of a period derivative. The results show that the orbital period of FO Aqr is currently increasing, with a derivative of $\dot{P}=6.65\pm0.81\times10^{-11}$.
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spellingShingle A Refined Orbital Ephemeris for the Intermediate Polar FO Aquarii and Evidence for a Period Derivative
Garnavich, Peter
Tweddale, Jordan
Littlefield, Colin
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
We combine more than 40 years of eclipse timings of the intermediate polar FO Aqr and derive new orbital ephemerides. The eclipse times are best fit with a second order polynomial, implying an $8σ$ detection of a period derivative. The results show that the orbital period of FO Aqr is currently increasing, with a derivative of $\dot{P}=6.65\pm0.81\times10^{-11}$.
title A Refined Orbital Ephemeris for the Intermediate Polar FO Aquarii and Evidence for a Period Derivative
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22786