R-mode oscillations in accreting white dwarfs in cataclysmic variables

Abstract

Some cataclysmic variables show short-period ($\sim$200 to $\sim$2000 s) light variations, which are attributable to nonradial pulsations of the accreting primary white dwarf. We regard these periodic variations as r-mode (global Rossby-wave) oscillations which are presumably excited mechanically and confined into hydrogen-rich layers in the white dwarf. Often observed modulations in amplitudes and frequencies even during an observing season may be interpreted as beatings among densely distributed r-mode frequencies. Making the r-mode frequency distribution of a model to be consistent (by adjusting the rotation frequency) with the observed pulsation frequencies, we obtain the best-fit rotation rate for each case. The rotation periods thus obtained for 17 accreting white dwarfs lie between 4 and 10 minutes. Pulsation frequencies observed sometime after a dwarf-nova outburst tend to be higher than the pre-outburst values, so that the best-fit rotation rate for the post-outburst frequencies is also higher. This indicates a spin-up of the hydrogen-rich layers to occur by an enhanced accretion at the outburst. We also discuss the relation between the rotation frequencies of pulsating accreting white dwarfs and the orbital periods.

arXiv comment15 pages,22 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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