Year: 1995
Type: article
Abstract: Twelve W UMa-type systems were observed at 3.6 cm with a goal to compare their radio luminosities with those of noncontact, rapidly rotating, late-type stars. Only three systems, all of spectral type K, have been detected. The detections and (low) upper limits for remaining systems confirm the strong underluminosity of W UMa-type systems. VW Cep, which has been detected several times before, has been analyzed in terms of the temporal cumulative flux distribution. Apparently, VW Cep spends most of the time in radio quiescence with flare-like events taking less than 20% of time.
Source: The Astronomical Journal
DOI: 10.1086/117482
Author: Slavek Rucinski
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1998760931