A New WZ Sagittae-type Dwarf Nova KSP-OT-202104a Near the Period Minimum from the KMTNet Supernova Program
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| author | Kim, Sang Chul Lee, Youngdae Moon, Dae-Sik Park, Hong Soo Ni, Yuan Qi Jiang, Nan Im, Hyobin |
| author_facet | Kim, Sang Chul Lee, Youngdae Moon, Dae-Sik Park, Hong Soo Ni, Yuan Qi Jiang, Nan Im, Hyobin |
| contents | We present photometric and spectroscopic studies of a new WZ Sagittae (Sge)-type dwarf nova (DN) KSP-OT-202104a discovered by the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network Supernova Program. The source exhibits outburst amplitudes of $\sim 8$ mag with a duration of $\sim 28.5$ days in the $V$-band. It is a type D DN among WZ Sge-types, and we estimate the superhump period to be $P_{\rm sh} \approx 71.7$ minutes ($=0.04978$ days). Its spectrum shows blue continuum as often found in optically-thick accretion disks of DNe during outbursts with hydrogen absorption lines from H$β$ to H$ζ$. Since the orbital period in WZ Sge-type DNe is typically very close to the superhump period, we consider that this target would belong to the small sample of DNe below the period minimum and may be evolving toward AM Canum Venaticorum (AM CVn) stars. This system therefore adds an example of a short-period dwarf nova with a low mass-transfer rate to the known sample. |
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| spellingShingle | A New WZ Sagittae-type Dwarf Nova KSP-OT-202104a Near the Period Minimum from the KMTNet Supernova Program Kim, Sang Chul Lee, Youngdae Moon, Dae-Sik Park, Hong Soo Ni, Yuan Qi Jiang, Nan Im, Hyobin Solar and Stellar Astrophysics High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena We present photometric and spectroscopic studies of a new WZ Sagittae (Sge)-type dwarf nova (DN) KSP-OT-202104a discovered by the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network Supernova Program. The source exhibits outburst amplitudes of $\sim 8$ mag with a duration of $\sim 28.5$ days in the $V$-band. It is a type D DN among WZ Sge-types, and we estimate the superhump period to be $P_{\rm sh} \approx 71.7$ minutes ($=0.04978$ days). Its spectrum shows blue continuum as often found in optically-thick accretion disks of DNe during outbursts with hydrogen absorption lines from H$β$ to H$ζ$. Since the orbital period in WZ Sge-type DNe is typically very close to the superhump period, we consider that this target would belong to the small sample of DNe below the period minimum and may be evolving toward AM Canum Venaticorum (AM CVn) stars. This system therefore adds an example of a short-period dwarf nova with a low mass-transfer rate to the known sample. |
| title | A New WZ Sagittae-type Dwarf Nova KSP-OT-202104a Near the Period Minimum from the KMTNet Supernova Program |
| topic | Solar and Stellar Astrophysics High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12722 |