RX J2133.7+5107 : Identification of a new long period Intermediate Polar
Abstract
We report the first time-resolved photometric and spectroscopic optical observations of the X-ray source RX J2133.7+5107, identified in the ROSAT survey. A clear persistent optical light pulsation is discovered with fast photometry at a period of Pomega =(570.823 +/-0.013) s which we associate with the spin period of an accreting white dwarf. Radial velocity curves of the strong emission lines show modulation with a period of POmega =(7.193 +/- 0.016) hr, identified as the orbital period. These observations establish that the source is a member of the intermediate polar class (IPs) of magnetic cataclysmic variables. With only 4 IPs with longer orbital periods, RX J2133.7+5107 is among the widest systems. It is a unique IP with an orbital period in the middle of the so-called (6-10)hr IP gap and it shows a significant degree of asynchronism with a ratio Pomega/POmega of 0.02. When attributed to the motion of the white dwarf, the emission lines orbital modulation yields a mass function of fm = (1.05 +/- 0.21) 10-2 Msun which, for a probable inclination i < 45 deg and a white dwarf mass Mwd = (0.6-1.0) Msun, corresponds to a secondary mass Ms > (0.27-0.37) Msun.
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