The orbital period variations of AH Virginis

作     者：Ming Chen Fu-Yuan Xiang Yun-Xia Yu Ting-Yu Xiao 

作者机构：Department of Physics Xiangtan University Key Laboratory for the Structure and Evolution of Celestial Objects Chinese Academy of Sciences 

出 版 物：《Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics》 (天文和天体物理学研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第15卷第2期

页      面：275-280页

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学科分类：07[理学] 070401[理学-天体物理] 0704[理学-天文学] 

基　　金：Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China 

主　　题：binaries: close binaries: eclipsing stars: individual (AH Virginis) 

摘      要：Abstract We present a study of orbital period changes in AH Virginis. We perform a careful literature search for all available minima times, from which we derived a new linear ephemeris and constructed an O - C curve. We found that the orbital period of AH Virginis shows a long-term increase, dP/dt = （2.1869 ± 0.0161） × 10^-7 d yr^-1, and a small periodic variation with a period of 37.19 yr. Since AH Virginis is an over- contact system and the primary component shows strong Ha and Mg II emission lines, we discuss the possible connection between mass transfer, magnetic activity and or- bital period changes.