Double-periodic blue variables in the Magellanic Clouds

Abstract

We report the discovery, based on an inspection of the OGLE-II database, of a group of blue variables in the Magellanic Clouds showing simultaneously two kinds of photometric variability: a short-term cyclic variability with typical amplitude $\Delta I\sim$ 0.05 mag and period $P_1$ between 4 and 16 days and a sinusoidal, long-term cyclic oscillation with much larger amplitude $\Delta I\sim$ 0.2 mag with period $P_2$ in the range of 150-1000 days. We find that both periods seems to be coupled through the relationship $P_2$ = 35.2 $\pm$ 0.8 $P_1$. In general, the short term variability is reminiscent of those shown by Algol-type binaries. We propose that the long-term oscillation could arise in the precession of a elliptical disc fed by a Roche-lobe filling companion in a low mass ratio Algol system.

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