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Two X-Ray Bright Cataclysmic Variables with Unusual Activities: GZ Cnc and NSV 10934

Astrophysics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We report on a discovery of unexpected activities in two X-ray bright dwarf novae. GZ Cnc showed an anomalous clustering of outbursts in 2002, in contrast to a low outburst frequency in the past record. The activity resembles an increased activity seen in some intermediate polars or candidates. We identified NSV 10934, X-ray selected high-amplitude variable star, as a dwarf nova with unusually rapid decline. The outburst characteristics make NSV 10934 a twin of recently discovered intermediate polar (HT Cam) with dwarf nova-type outbursts. We propose that these activities in X-ray strong dwarf novae may be a previously overlooked manifestation of outburst activities in magnetic cataclysmic variables.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0210015,
  title  = {Two X-Ray Bright Cataclysmic Variables with Unusual Activities: GZ Cnc and NSV 10934},
  author = {T. Kato and P. A. Dubovsky and R. Stubbings and M. Simonsen and H. Yamaoka and P. Nelson and B. Monard and A. Pearce and G. Garradd},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0210015},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Astron. Astrophys