Peculiarities of the Accretion Flow in the System HL CMa

Abstract

The properties of the aperiodic brightness variability for the dwarf nova HL CMa are considered. The variability of the system HL CMa is shown to be suppressed at frequencies above $7\times 10^{-3}$Hz. Different variability suppression mechanisms related to the radiation reprocessing time, partial disk evaporation, and characteristic variability formation time are proposed. It has been found that the variability suppression frequency does not change when the system passes from the quiescent state to the outburst one, suggesting that the accretion flow geometry is invariable. It is concluded from the optical and X-ray luminosities of the system that the boundary layer on the white dwarf surface is optically thick in both quiescent and outburst states. The latter implies that the optically thick part of the accretion flow (disk) reaches the white dwarf surface. The accretion rate in the system, the flow geometry and temperature have been estimated from the variability power spectra and spectral characteristics in a wide energy range, from the optical to X-ray.

arXiv comment14 pages, 6 figures

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