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PI: David Levitan, Caltech SRL, dlevitan@caltech.edu
Address: MC 290-17, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
CoI: Thomas Prince, Caltech SRL
CoI: Paul Groot, Radboud Univ
CoI: Thomas Kupfer, Radboud Univ
Title: Orbital Periods for Two Unique, Recently Discovered AM CVn Systems
Abstract:
AM CVn systems are rare, ultra-compact binaries which are astrophysical
laboratories that allow us to study phenomena including stellar evolution,
accretion disk physics, gravitational waves and other aspects of general
relativity. They are the He-rich counterparts to cataclysmic variables. We
have discovered 7 such systems from Palomar Transient Factory data and here
request Gemini time for phase-resolved spectroscopy of two unique systems to
find orbital periods. This will provide information towards our goal of
understanding the evolution and population distribution of these unique
systems.
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