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- AM_Canum_Venaticorum abstract "AM Canum Venaticorum is a cataclysmic variable binary star in the constellation of Canes Venatici. It is the type star of its class of variables, the AM CVn stars. Based upon parallax measurements with the Hubble Space Telescope, this system is located at a distance of about 2,000 light-years (610 parsecs) from the Earth. It has a proper motion of 7001342500000000000♠34.25±0.88 mas·yr−1 at a position angle of 7001670000000000000♠67.0±1.7.During 1939–40, a survey for faint white dwarfs was carried out using an 18-inch (46 cm) Schmidt telescope at Palomar observatory. Part of the survey was made around the north galactic pole in order to exclude stars of stellar classifications O, B, and A, as these higher mass, shorter-lived stars tend to be concentrated along the plane of the Milky Way where new star formation occurs. Out of the stars observed, a list of faint blue stars was constructed by Milton L. Humason and Fritz Zwicky in 1947, with their blue hue suggesting a relatively high effective temperature. The 29th star on their list, HZ 29, was found to have the most peculiar spectrum out of the set. It displayed an absence of hydrogen lines, but broad, diffuse lines of neutral (non-ionized) helium. This was interpreted as a hydrogen-deficient white dwarf. In 1962, this star was observed with a photoelectric detector and was found to vary in magnitude over a period of 18 minutes. The light curve of the variation displayed a double sinusoid pattern. Later, a flickering behavior was observed, which suggested a mass transfer.The model developed to explain the observations was that AM Canum Venaticorum is a binary system consisting of a pair of white dwarfs in a close orbit. The primary is a more massive white dwarf composed of carbon/oxygen, whereas the secondary is a less massive white dwarf made of helium, with no hydrogen but traces of heavier elements. (In some AM Canum Venaticorum-type variables, the secondary can be a semi-degenerate object such as Subdwarf B star instead of a helium white dwarf.) Gravitational wave radiation is causing a loss of angular momentum in the orbit, leading to the transfer of helium from the secondary to the primary as the two draw closer. This transfer is occurring because the secondary is overflowing its Roche lobe—a tear drop shaped lobe created by the gravitational interaction between the two stars.The mass transfer rate between the white dwarfs is estimated as about 6991700000000000001♠7×10−9 solar masses per year, which is creating an accretion disk around the companion white dwarf. The energy output from the mass flow onto this accretion disk is actually the primary contributor to the visual luminosity of this system; outshining both of the white dwarfs. The temperature of this disk is about 30,000 K.High speed photometry of the system shows multiple periods of variation in the luminosity. The main period of 7003102873000000000♠1,028.73 seconds (17m 8.73s) is the orbital period of the pair. A secondary period of 7003105100000000000♠1,051 seconds (17m 31s) is believed to be caused by a superhump—an elevated outburst in the signal that occurs with a period slightly longer than the orbital period. The superhump may be the result of an elongation of the accretion disk in combination with precession. The elliptical disk precesses about the white dwarf over a time interval much longer than the orbital period, causing a slight change in the orientation of the disk over each orbit.Normally this star system only exhibits magnitude variations of 0.05. However, AM CVn star systems such as this are nova-like objects that are known to randomly generate intense flares in luminosity. AM Canum Venaticorum displayed just such flaring behavior twice during the period 1985–1987, with these flares showing rapid fluctuations in luminosity. A 1986 flare caused an increase in magnitude of up to Δm = 7000107000000000000♠1.07±0.03 and lasted for 212 seconds. The amount of energy released during this event is estimated as 7036270000000000000♠2.7×1036 erg. These flashes are caused by the brief thermonuclear fusion of helium being accumulated along an outer shell by the primary.".
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- AM_Canum_Venaticorum wikiPageWikiLink File:Amcvn_lightcurve.png.
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum wikiPageWikiLinkText "AM CVn".
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum wikiPageWikiLinkText "AM Canum Venaticorum".
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum appmagV "+14.02".
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum bV "−0.23".
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum class "DBp".
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum component "A".
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum component "B".
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum constell Canes_Venatici.
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum epoch Epoch_(astronomy).
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum epoch J2000.0.
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum equinox "J2000.0".
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum hasPhotoCollection AM_Canum_Venaticorum.
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum pError "0.3".
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum parallax "1.65".
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum propMoDec "25.5".
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum propMoRa "36.6".
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum uB "−1.01".
- AM_Canum_Venaticorum variable AM_CVn_star.
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