Pulsations in the eclipsing variable system AS Camelopardalis

摘要

We performed photoelectric observations of AS Cam in 2002-2004. Five new times of minima were obtained. Their positions are consistent with the previously found light equation for the system and with the hypothesis that the difference between the observed (15 degrees/100 yr) and theoretical (44 degrees/100 yF) rates of apsidal motion results from the presence of a third body in the system. A Fourier analysis of two observational data sets, 1968-1970 and 2002-2004, reveals, with a high significance, periodic light variations with a frequency of omega(0) = 1.0950 +/- 0.0001d(-1) and all amplitude of similar to 0.(m)020, which are probably caused by the radial pulsations of one of the components. We found a seasonal phase shift of these oscillations that may be produced by other periodic processes in the system. We show that the fairly large scatter of observed times of minima about the theoretical curve of the light equation can be explained by the presence of pulsations. Using the 2002 and 2004 observations as an example, we show that including the pulsations reduces this scatter.