Flickering in the magnetic CV star AM Herculis
Articles > Article · 2005
Authors: Belinda KALOMENİ YAKUT, EKİM Pekunlu, Kadri YAKUT
ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2005, vol 296, pp 477-480
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-005-4895-z
Summary
In this study, we present a photometric study of AM Her, a prototype of a class of magnetic CVs. Optical photometry of AM Her was obtained using the Russian-Turkish 1.5 m telescope at TUBITAK National Observatory (TUG) in August 2003. The R band light curve of the system shows two maxima and two minima during one orbital cycle. In both observing nights the star showed flickering at a significant level. The measured flickering time scale is about 5 min.