A Surprising Periodicity Detected During a Super-outburst of V844 Herculis by TESS
A. Greiveldinger, P. Garnavich, C. Littlefield, M. R. Kennedy, J. P., Halpern, J. R. Thorstensen, P. Szkody, A. Oksanen, R. S. Boyle

TL;DR
This paper reports the discovery of a persistent 29-minute periodicity during a super-outburst of V844 Herculis, suggesting a possible link to white dwarf rotation, with implications for understanding accretion processes in cataclysmic variables.
Contribution
The study identifies a previously undetected, stable periodic signal in V844 Her during super-outburst, proposing it may originate from an asynchronously rotating white dwarf.
Findings
Detected a 29-minute periodicity during super-outburst.
The signal is stable and unlikely to be an alias or super-Nyquist sampling artifact.
V844 Her's X-ray properties differ from typical intermediate polars.
Abstract
We identify a previously undetected periodicity at a frequency of 49.080.01 d (period of 29.340.01 minutes) during a super-outburst of V844 Her observed by TESS. V844 Her is an SU UMa type cataclysmic variable with an orbital period of 78.69 minutes, near the period minimum. The frequency of this new signal is constant in contrast to the superhump oscillations commonly seen in SU UMa outbursts. We searched without success for oscillations during quiescence using MDM, TESS, and XMM-Newton data. The lack of a periodic signal in the XMM light curve and the relatively low X-ray luminosity of V844 Her suggests that it is not a typical IP. We consider the possibility that the 29 min signal is the result of super-Nyquist sampling of a Dwarf Nova Oscillation with a period near the 2-minute cadence of the TESS data. Our analysis of archival AAVSO photometry from a 2006…
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TopicsAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations · Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae · Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
