Superoutburst of CR Bootis: Estimation of mass ratio of a typical AM CVn star by stage A superhumps
2016
We report on two superoutbursts of the AM CVn-type object CR
Boo in 2014 April-March and 2015 May-June. A precursor outburst
accompanied both of these superoutbursts. During the rising
branch of the main superoutburst in 2014, we detected growing
super-humps (stage A superhumps) whose period was 0.017669(24)
d. Assuming that this period reflects the dynamical precession
rate at the radius of the 3: 1 resonance, we could estimate the
mass ratio (q = M-2/M-1) of 0.101(4) by using the stage A
superhump period and the orbital period of 0.0170290(6) d. This
mass ratio is consistent with that expected from the
theoretical evolutionary model of AM CVn-type objects. The
detection of precursor outbursts and stage A superhumps is the
second case in AM CVn-type objects. There are two
interpretations of the outbursts of AM CVn-type objects. One is
a dwarf nova (DN) outbursts analogy, which suggets that the
outbursts are caused by thermal and tidal instabilities.
Another is the VY Scl-type variation, which suggests that the
outbursts are caused by the variation of the mass-transfer rate
of the secondary. This detection of the superhump variations
strongly supports the former interpretation.
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