V/82 Cataclysmic binaries (Ritter+ 1995)
A compilation of cataclysmic binaries with known or suspected orbital periods
Ritter H., Kolb U.
<in "X-ray Binaries", eds. W.H. Lewin, J. van Paradijs & E.P. van den
Heuvel, Cambridge Astrophys. Ser. No 26, ISBN 0-521-41684-1,
Chap. 15, 578 (1995)>
ADC_Keywords: Binaries, cataclysmic
Description:
This compilation contains the current content (as of 1 September 1993)
of the Catalogue of cataclysmic binaries, low-mass X-ray binaries and
related objects (previous version: A&AS 85, 1179, catalogue V/59)
Please refer to the introduction (file "intro.tex") for a more
complete introduction.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
intro.tex 84 113 Introduction by H. Ritter and U. Kolb (TeX)
macro.tex 82 74 Macros required to process intro.tex by tex
catalog 212 231 The catalogue of Cataclysmic Binaries
finder 77 614 References for finding charts
refs 76 1306 References
names 76 374 Alternative names of Cataclysmic Binaries
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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2- 15 A14 --- Name Name from GCVS
16- 17 I2 h RAh Right Ascension J2000 (hours)
19- 20 I2 min RAm Right Ascension J2000 (minutes)
22- 25 F4.1 s RAs ? Right Ascension J2000 (seconds)
27 A1 --- DE- Declination J2000 (sign)
28- 29 I2 deg DEd Declination J2000 (degrees)
31- 32 I2 arcmin DEm ? Declination J2000 (minutes)
34- 35 I2 arcsec DEs ? Declination J2000 (seconds)
37 A1 arcsec e_pos [1-9A-F] Accuracy of position in hexadecimal
40- 42 A3 --- Type1 Object type (1)
43- 45 A3 --- Type2 Object type (1)
46- 48 A3 --- Type3 Object type (1)
49- 51 A3 --- Type4 Object type (1)
52 A1 --- l_mag1 Limit flag on mag1
53- 56 F4.1 mag mag1 ? Maximum brightness (2)
Novae (N,NA,NB,NC,NR) in minimum
DN (UG,ZC,SU) in minimum
NL (UX,AC) in normal state
NL (AM,VY) in high state
57 A1 --- u_mag1 [B:] Uncertainty flag on mag1 (2)
58 A1 --- l_mag2 Limit flag on mag2
59- 62 F4.1 mag mag2 ? Minimum brightness (2)
Novae (N,NA,NB,NC,NR) in minimum
DN (UG,ZC,SU) in minimum
NL (UX,AC) in normal state
NL (AM,VY) in high state
63 A1 --- u_mag2 [B:] Uncertainty flag on mag2 (2)
64 A1 --- l_mag3 Limit flag on mag3
65- 68 F4.1 mag mag3 ? Maximum brightness of
Novae (N,NA,NB,NC,NR) in outburst
DN (UG,ZC) in outburst
DN (SU) in normal outburst
NL (AM,VY) in low state
NL (DQ,IP) in flaring state
69 A1 --- u_mag3 [B:?] Uncertainty flag on mag3 (2)
70 A1 --- l_mag4 Limit flag on mag4
71- 74 F4.1 mag mag4 ? brightness of
ZC in standstill
SU in superoutburst
or minimum brightness of
NL (AM,VY) in low state
75 A1 --- u_mag4 [B:] Uncertainty flag on mag4 (2)
76- 78 I3 d T1 ? Typical time interval between outbursts
79- 81 A3 d T1upper Upper limit (preceded by '-')
83- 87 I5 d T2 ? Typical time interval between superoutbursts
88 A1 --- u_T2 Uncertainty flag (:) on T2
89- 98 F10.6 d Per1 ? Orbital period (3)
99 A1 --- u_Per1 [:*] Uncertainty flag (:) on Per1
100-109 F10.6 d Per2 ? Second period (4)
110 A1 --- u_Per2 Uncertainty flag (:) on Per2
111-120 F10.3 s Per3 ? Third period (5) (in seconds)
121 A1 --- u_Per3 [:QT] Note on Per3 (5)
122-132 F11.4 s Per4 ? Fourth period (5) (in seconds)
133 A1 --- u_Per4 Uncertainty flag (:) on Per4
134 A1 --- EBflag [12D] Eclipses flag (6)
135 A1 --- SBflag [12] Type of spectroscopic binary (7)
137-143 A7 --- Sp1 Spectral type of the primary (8)
146-149 A4 --- Sp2 Spectral type of the secondary (8)
150 A1 --- l_M1/M2 Limit flag on M1/M2
151-156 F6.3 --- M1/M2 ? Mass ratio
157 A1 --- u_M1/M2 Uncertainty flag (:) on M1/M2
158-161 F4.2 --- e_M1/M2 ? Mean error on M1/M2
162 A1 --- l_i Limit flag on i
163-166 F4.1 deg i ? Orbital inclination
167 A1 --- u_i Uncertainty flag (:) on i
169-172 F4.1 deg e_i ? Mean error on i
174 A1 --- l_M1 Limit flag on M1
175-179 F5.3 solMass M1 ? Mass of the primary
180 A1 --- u_M1 Uncertainty flag (:) on M1
181-185 F5.3 solMass e_M1 ? Mean error on M1
188 A1 --- l_M2 Limit flag on M2
189-193 F5.3 solMass M2 ? Mass of the secondary
194 A1 --- u_M2 Uncertainty flag (:) on M2
195-199 F5.3 solMass e_M2 ? Mean error on M2
201-212 A12 --- OtherName Altername name. Furhter alternative names
are given in file "names"
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Note (1): Object type is characterised with the following abbreviations:
AC = AM CVn star, does not contain hydrogen, subtype of NL
AM = polar = AM Her system, subtype of NL, contains a synchronously
rotating, magnetised white dwarf
CP = coherent pulsator, contains a coherently pulsating white dwarf
DD = system consists of two degenerate components
DN = dwarf Nova
DQ = DQ Her star, contains a non-synchronously rotating magnetized
white dwarf
IP = intermediate polar, shows coherent X-ray period from a
non-synchronously spinning magnetised white dwarf
N = classical nova of undetermined speed class
NA = fast Nova (decline from max. by 3 mag. in less than about 100 days)
NB = slow nova (decline from max. by 3 mag. in more than about 100 days)
NC = extremely slow nova (typical time scale of the decline from maximum:
decades)
NL = nova-like variable
NR = recurrent nova
SH = non-SU UMa star showing either permanent or transient superhumps
SU = SU UMa star, subtype of DN
SW = SW Sex star, subtype of NL
UG = dwarf nova of either U Gem or SS Cyg subtype
UX = UX UMa star, subtype of NL
VY = VY Scl star (anti dwarf nova), subtype of NL
XS = X-ray source
ZC = Z Cam star, subtype of DN
* = object possibly related to the DQ Her stars
Note (2): visual or B magnitude (when followed by 'B')
Note (3): Orbital period 1 in case of object types
DQ: the spectroscopic period is given here if it is different from the
photometric one.
SU: if followed by *, the orbital period has been estimated from the
known superhump period using the empirical relation given by
B. Stolz and R. Schoembs (1984A&A...132..187S 1984A&A...132..187S)
*: spectroscopic period, photometric period if followed by P.
Note (4): second orbital period in case of object types
N, NA, NB, NC, NR: orbital period of the prenova, unless the object is
also of type DQ or *. In these cases see below.
DQ: the photometric period is given here if it is different from the
spectroscopic one.
AM: polarisation period (= spin period of the white dwarf), if it is
different from the presumed orbital period
SU: superhump period. wherever possible, the superhump period at the
beginning of a superoutburst is given.
SH: photometric period, presumably superhump period of either
permanent or transient superhumps
*: photometric period.
Note (5): third and fourth periods in case of object types
CP: periods of coherent pulsation, (transient if followed by T).
DQ: rotation period of the white dwarf (Per3)
optical period, (presumably due to reprocessed X-rays) (Per4)
IP: X-ray period (presumably the rotation period of the white dwarf) (Per3)
optical period, (presumably due to reprocessed X-rays) (Per4)
The occurrence of transient quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) in
objects of type N, DN, NL is indicated by 'Q'
Note (6): The EB flag takes the values
blank no eclipses observed
1 1 eclipse per orbital revolution observed
2 2 eclipses per orbital revolution observed
D periodic eclipse-like DIPS observed
Note (7): The SB flag takes the values
1 single-lined spectroscopic binary
2 double-lined spectroscopic binary
Note (8): the number to the right of the slash indicates the
luminosity class , i.e.
I = 1
II = 2
III = 3
IV = 4
V = 5
VI = 6
See also:
V/59 : Ritter H., 1990, "Catalogue of cataclysmic binaries, low-mass
X-ray binaries and related objects (5th edition)", A&AS 85, 1179
Historical Notes:
* This catalogue was initially copied in May 1994 via ftp anonymous from
ibm-3.mpa-garching.mpg.de, directory /pub/cvcat.
The original "cat.cb93" file was transformed into a standard table with
one line per binary into the file "catalog".
The documentation of the "ReadMe" file is mainly taken from the
original "descr.cb93" file
(End) Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 17-Jul-1995