The Intermediate Polar PQ Gem - Status of WET Observations of 1996

T M K Marar ,C Clemens,B Pfeiffer,J E Solheim,K Kasturirangan,J C Bhattacharyya,M Sperl,R E Nather,H S Mahra,G Pajdosz,S Seetha,P Reegen,G Vauclair,N Dolez,E Serkowitsch,B N Ashoka,P Ibbetson ,Joyce A Guzik ,S J Kleinman ,Haim Mendelson ,P Moskalik ,J Krzesiński ,Shirley Hemar ,D E Winget ,J L Provençal ,A Kanaan ,G Handler ,E M Leibowitz ,S Zoła ,A Nitta ,M S O’brien ,S O Kepler ,P A Bradley ,M Breger ,D J Sullivan ,S D Kawaler ,R Silvotti ,D Buckley ,D O’donoghue ,Xue-Jian Jiang

doi:10.1515/astro-1998-0211

Abstract

A summary of the results on PQ Gem based on WET observations conducted in February 1996 is presented. The 13.9 min spin period of the white dwarf in the system and the orbital side-band at 14.5 min have been detected unambiguously. Searches for other periods in the system gave negative results.

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