Investigation of the new cataclysmic variable 1RXS J180834.7+101041

We present the results of our photometric and spectroscopic studies of the new eclipsing cataclysmic variable star 1RXS J180834.7+101041. Its spectrum exhibits double-peaked hydrogen and helium emission lines. The Doppler maps constructed from hydrogen lines show a nonuniform distribution of emission in the disk similar to that observed in IP Peg. This suggests that the object can be a cataclysmic variable with tidal density waves in the disk. We have determined the component masses (M _WD = 0.8 ± 0.22M _⊙ and M _RD = 0.14 ± 0.02M _⊙) and the binary inclination (i = 78° ± 1.5°) based on well-known relations between parameters for cataclysmic variable stars. We have modeled the binary light curves and showed that the model of a disk with two spots is capable of explaining the main observed features of the light curves.     

Relations between integrable systems in plane and curved spaces

We consider trajectory isomorphisms between various integrable systems on an n-dimensional sphere S ⁿ and a Euclidean space . Some of the systems are classical integrable problems of Celestial Mechanics in plane and curved spaces. All the systems under consideration have an additional first integral quadratic in momentum and can be integrated analytically by using the separation of variables. We show that some integrable problems in constant curvature spaces are not essentially new from the viewpoint of the theory of integration, and they can be analyzed using known results of classical Celestial Mechanics.     

Analysis of cataclysmic variable GSC02197-00886 evolution

We present the spectral analysis of the physical state and evolution of the WZSge-type cataclysmic variable GSC02197-00886. The spectra of the system, covering the total orbital period at the time of the outburst on May 8, 2010, at the late relaxation stage, and in the quiescent state, were obtained at the SAO RAS 6-m BTA telescope in 2010–2012. From the absorption and emission HI, He I, and Fe II lines, we have determined the radial velocities for all the nights of observations and constructed the maps of Doppler tomography for the quiescent state. It was found that during the outburst the spectra of the object were formed in an optically thick accretion disk with an effective temperature of T _eff ≈ 45 000 K and in a hotter boundary layer. During the relaxation of the system, the accretion disk gradually became optically thinner in the continuum and in the emission lines. In the quiescent state (July 2012), the continuous spectrum was dominated by the radiation of the cooling white dwarf with T _eff = 18 000 K. The emission lines are formed on the surface of the cool star by the X-ray irradiation of the 1RXSJ213807.1+261958 source. We propose a method for determining the parameters of the white dwarf, based on the numerical modeling of the system spectra in the quiescent state and their comparison with the observed spectra. It is shown that the effective temperature of white dwarf has decreased by ΔT _eff = 6000 K during the relaxation from August 2010 to July 2012. We have obtained a set of parameters for GSC02197-00886 and shown their good agreement with the average parameters of the W Z Sge-type systems, presented in the literature.     

Variations of <Emphasis Type="Italic">F</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript> layer parameters during the September 16, 2004, earthquake in northeastern Asia

The results of ionosphere sounding in Yakutsk during the September 16, 2004, earthquake that occurred in east Yakutia are presented. Variations in the critical frequency and height of F ₂-layer and the radio reflection arrival angles illustrating the dynamics of the ionospheric disturbance are shown.     

Mutual interaction of redox pairs in silicate melts: V5+/V4+/V3+/V2+ tetrad and other equilibria

Mutual interaction of redox pairs was evaluated using the concept of intrinsic oxygen fugacity in a melt. A “rose of $f_{O_2 } $ trends” was proposed for the visualization of possible directions of mutual oxidation/reduction of redox pairs for a given melt composition. Missing thermodynamic data were estimated for vanadium redox pairs in sodium disilicate melt, and the V⁵⁺/V⁴⁺/V³⁺/V²⁺ tetrad was quantitatively described. The redistribution of vanadium in different valence states was estimated during quenching to glass of model iron-free and natural iron-bearing melts.     

Analysis of observations of the dwarf nova pegasi 2010

Analysis of photometric and spectroscopic observations of GSC 02197-00886 at the outburst maximum (on May 8, 2010) and at the stage of relaxation towards the quiescent (on August 4, 2010) was performed. Radiation of an optically thick accretion disc with a hot boundary layer dominates the spectra, which are consistent with the spectra of a WZ Sge-type dwarf novae. In the relaxation phase, an optically thin accretion disc with radiation in the HI and HeI emission lines is observed against the background of the absorption spectrum of a white dwarf. The parameters of GSC 02197-00886, which were determined by combining the radial velocities of the components with the assumption that the secondary component is close to mainsequence stars, differ significantly from the parameters that characterize other WZ Sge-type systems. We hypothesize that the secondary component was excited in the course of the outburst and experienced long-lasting relaxation towards the main-sequence state.