ASASSN-18fk: A new WZ Sge-type dwarf nova with multiple rebrightenings and a new candidate for a superhumping intermediate polar
Abstract
We present the result of a multi-longitude campaign on the photometric study of the dwarf nova ASASSN-18fk during its superoutburst in 2018. It was observed with 18 telescopes at 15 sites during ∼ 70 nights within a three-month interval. Observations covered the main outburst, six rebrightenings and 50-d decline to a near-quiescent state. We identify ASASSN-18fk as a WZ Sge-type dwarf nova with multiple rebrightenings and show the evolution of the 0.06-d superhump period over all stages of the superoutburst. A strong 22-min brightness modulation that superimposed on superhumps is found during rebrightenings and decline. Some evidence of this modulation in a form of a sideband signal is detected during the very onset of the outburst. We interpret the 22-min modulation as a spin period of the white dwarf and suggest that ASASSN-18fk is a good candidate for a superhumping intermediate polar.
- Publication:
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Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnate Pleso
- Pub Date:
- May 2019
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1907.00623
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1907.00623
- Bibcode:
- 2019CoSka..49..204P
- Keywords:
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- accretion;
- accretion disks;
- cataclysmic variables;
- stars: dwarf novae;
- stars: individual: ASASSN-18fk;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 12 pages, 8 figures