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We present an analysis of the X-ray spectra of two strongly magnetic cataclysmic variables, DP Leo and WW Hor, made using XMM-Newton. Both systems were in intermediate levels of accretion. Hard optically thin X-ray emission from the shocked…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 G. Ramsay , M. Cropper , F. Cordova , K. Mason , R. Much , D. Pandel , R. Shirey

We present our results of Monte-Carlo simulations of polarized Compton X-rays from magnetic cataclysmic variables, with realistic density, temperature and velocity structures in the accretion flow. Our study has shown that the X-ray linear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-01 Kinwah Wu , Aimee McNamara , Zdenka Kuncic

Magnitude-limited samples have shown that 20-25 per cent of cataclysmic variables contain white dwarfs with magnetic fields of Mega Gauss strength, in stark contrast to the approximately 5 per cent of single white dwarfs with similar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-10 S. G. Parsons , B. T. Gänsicke , M. R. Schreiber , T. R. Marsh , R. P. Ashley , E. Breedt , S. P. Littlefair , H. Meusinger

In the last 25 years, a new generation of X-ray satellites imparted a significant leap forward in our knowledge of X-ray pulsars. The discovery of accreting and transitional millisecond pulsars proved that disk accretion can spin up a…

We present the results of our optical identifications of four hard X-ray sources from the Swift all-sky survey. We obtained optical spectra for each of the program objects with the 6-m BTA telescope (Special Astrophysical Observatory,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 A. Lutovinov , R. Burenin , M. Revnivtsev , S. Sazonov , O. Sholukhova , A. Valeev

Cataclysmic variables (CVs) are binary systems with a white dwarf accreting matter from a low-mass star, making them significant sources of X-ray emission in the Galaxy. We present a systematic search for X-ray emitting CV candidates by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-25 Xiangxiang Wang , Jumpei Takata

In cataclysmic variables (CVs), accretion onto white dwarfs produces high temperature, high density plasmas. They cool down from kT~10 keV via bremsstrahlung continuum and K and L shell line emissions. The small volume around white dwarfs…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Koji Mukai

A personal selection of noteworthy X-ray results on CVs are presented, with emphasis on XMM-Newton and Chandra observations. Progressing roughly from broad-band view to narrow-band, high spectral resolution studies, I summarize: the energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Mukai

High-mass X-ray binaries are fundamental in the study of stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis, structure and evolution of galaxies and accretion processes. Hard X-rays observations by INTEGRAL and Swift have broad- ened significantly our…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-02 Roland Walter , Alexander A. Lutovinov , Enrico Bozzo , Sergey S. Tsygankov

IGR J14257-6117 is an unclassified source in the hard X-ray catalogues. Optical follow-ups suggest it could be a Cataclysmic Variable of the magnetic type. We present the first high S/N X-ray observation performed by \XMM\ at 0.3--10 keV,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-16 F. Bernardini , D. de Martino , K. Mukai , M. Falanga

(abridged) We present an account of known cataclysmic variables (CVs) that were detected as X-ray sources in eROSITA X-ray surveys and have Gaia DR3 counterparts. We address standard CVs with main sequence donors and white dwarfs accreting…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-31 Axel Schwope , Kira Knauff , Jan Kurpas , Mara Salvato , Beate Stelzer , Laurent Stütz , Dusan Tubín-Arenas

Studying the population of faint hard X-ray sources along the plane of the Galaxy is challenging because of high-extinction and crowding, which make the identification of individual sources more difficult. IGR J18293-1213 is part of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-15 Maïca Clavel , J. A. Tomsick , A. Bodaghee , J. -L. Chiu , F. M. Fornasini , J. Hong , R. Krivonos , G. Ponti , F. Rahoui , D. Stern

Interacting binaries in which a white dwarf accretes material from a companion - cataclysmic variables (CVs) in which the mass donor is a Roche-lobe filling star on or near the main sequence, and symbiotic stars in which the mass donor is a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-26 Koji Mukai

The analysis of the third INTEGRAL/IBIS survey has revealed several new cataclysmic variables, most of which turned out to be intermediate polars, thus confirming that these objects are strong emitters in hard X-rays. Here we present high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Landi , L. Bassani , A. J. Dean , A. J. Bird , M. Fiocchi , A. Bazzano , J. A. Nousek , J. P. Osborne

In this chapter we consider the processes which can lead to X-ray emission from different types of cataclysmic variable stars (CVs). CVs are semi-detached, binary star systems where material is transferred from the donor star (also known as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 K. L. Page , A. W. Shaw

Recent results are presented and discussed regarding the EUV and X-ray emission of nonmagnetic cataclysmic variables. Emphasis is given to high accretion rate systems (novalike variables and dwarf novae in outburst), and to a number of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Christopher W. Mauche

The magnetic cataclysmic variables (MCVs) present a wealth of observational diagnostics for studying accretion flows interacting with a magnetosphere. Spin-period pulsations from the rotation of the white dwarf are seen in optical light, in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Coel Hellier

The ESA gamma-ray telescope, INTEGRAL, is detecting relatively more intrinsically rare cataclysmic variables (CVs) than were found by surveys at lower energies. Specifically, a large fraction of the CVs that are INTEGRAL sources consists of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Magaretha L. Pretorius

Many new and unidentified Galactic sources have recently been revealed by ongoing hard X-ray surveys. A significant fraction of these have been shown to be the type of accreting white dwarfs known as cataclysmic variables (CVs). Follow-up…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-09 Benjamin M. Coughenour , John A. Tomsick , Aarran W. Shaw , Koji Mukai , Maïca Clavel , Jeremy Hare , Roman Krivonos , Francesca M. Fornasini

We report the discovery of two new magnetic cataclysmic variables with brown dwarf companions and long orbital periods ($P_{\rm orb}=95\pm1$ and $104\pm2$ min). This discovery increases the sample of candidate magnetic period bouncers with…