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We report the discovery of the first eclipsing detached double white dwarf (WD) binary. In a pulsation search, the low-mass helium core WD NLTT 11748 was targeted for fast (approx 1 minute) differential photometry with the Las Cumbres…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Justin D. R. Steinfadt , David L. Kaplan , Avi Shporer , Lars Bildsten , Steve B. Howell

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. M. Bonnet-Bidaud , M. Mouchet , D. de Martino , R. Silvotti , C. Motch

We report simultaneous UBVRI photo-polarimetric observations of the long period (7.98 h) AM Her binary V1309 Ori. The length and shape of the eclipse ingress and egress varies from night to night. We suggest this is due to the variation in…

We present time-resolved spectroscopy acquired during two epochs (spaced apart by ~15 days) of the eclipsing Low Mass X-ray Binary AC211/X2127+119 in the globular cluster M15. The spectra show variations in the HeII 4686 emission line not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. A. P. Torres , P. J. Callanan , M. R. Garcia

We describe the discovery of a 0.68+0.52 solar mass eclipsing binary (EB) with an 8.4-day orbital period, found through a systematic search of ten fields of the Trans-atlantic Exoplanet Survey (TrES). Such long-period low-mass EBs…

We revisit various sets of published results from X-ray and optical studies of the Galactic black hole (BH) candidate MAXI J0637-430, which went into outburst in 2019. Combining the previously reported values of peak outburst luminosity,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-20 Roberto Soria , Ruican Ma , Lian Tao , Shuang-Nan Zhang

We present XMM-Newton observations of the eclipsing polar V2301 Oph which cover nearly 2.5 binary orbital cycles and 2 eclipses. This polar is believed to have the lowest magnetic field strength (7 MG) of any known polar. We find evidence…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-19 Gavin Ramsay , Mark Cropper

We present the results of a photometric and spectroscopic analysis of the Galactic Bulge Survey X-ray source CXOGBS J174954.5-294335 (hereafter, referred to as CX19). CX19 is a long period, eclipsing intermediate polar type cataclysmic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-17 Christopher B. Johnson , M. A. P. Torres , R. I. Hynes , P. G. Jonker , C. Heinke , T. Maccarone , C. T. Britt , D. Steeghs , T. Wevers , Jianfeng Wu

We present phase-resolved optical spectroscopy and CCD photometry of the faint eclipsing polar EP Dra (H1907+690). A revised ephemeris is derived which connects all 32000 binary cycles since its discovery by Remillard et al. (1991). We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Axel D. Schwope , Sabine Mengel

We present the first NuSTAR X-ray observation of EF Eri, a well-known polar system. The NuSTAR observation was conducted in conjunction with NICER, shortly after EF Eri entered a high accretion state following an unprecedented period of low…

We have discovered a partially eclipsing white dwarf, low-mass M dwarf binary (3 hour 54.41 second orbital period), SDSS J143547.87+373338.5, from May 2007 observations at the WIYN telescope. Here we present blue band photometry of three…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Justin D. R. Steinfadt , Lars Bildsten , Steve B. Howell

KT Eridani was a very fast nova in 2009 peaking at V=5.42 mag. We marshal large data sets of photometry to finally work out the nature of KT Eri. From the TESS light curve, as confirmed with our radial velocity curve, we find an orbital…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-09 Bradley E. Schaefer , Frederick M. Walter , Rebekah Hounsell , Yael Hillman

RXTE observed 20 eclipse egresses of the intermediate polar XY Ari in order to study the size and structure of the X-ray emitting accretion regions. The spin-phase averaged egress lasts 26 s, implying a white dwarf radius of 4.3-7.0 10^8…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Coel Hellier

We report the identification of the ROSAT all-sky survey source 1RXS J154814.5-452845as new intermediate polar and present the results from follow-up optical and X-ray observations. The source shows pulsations with a period of 693 s both in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. Haberl , C. Motch , F. -J. Zickgraf

We present optical photometric and spectroscopic observations, and an analysis of archival X-ray data of three polars: RX J0859.1+0537, RX J0749.1-0549, and RX J0649.8-0737. Optical light curves of these three polars reveal eclipse features…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Arti Joshi , J. C. Pandey , Ashish Raj , K. P. Singh , G. C. Anupama , H. P. Singh

We present a comprehensive photometric, spectroscopic, and polarimetric study of the intermediate polar (IP) 1RXS J080114.6-462324, using observations from the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) 1.0-m and 1.9-m telescopes and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-17 V. Moloi , S. B. Potter , Z. N. Khangale , D. A. H. Buckley , L. Booi , P. A. Woudt

We have analyzed phase-resolved photometric and spectroscopic observations of the eclipsing polar SDSS J002637.06+242915.6. The light curve has a M-shaped bright phase that was reproduced using a simple model of an accreting magnetic white…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-22 V. Yu. Kochkina , A. I. Kolbin , T. A. Fatkhullin , A. S. Vinokurov , N. V. Borisov

We present a photometric study of the newly discovered eclipsing IP $J183221.56-162724.25$ (in short $J1832$) with an orbital period of $8.87hr$. The system features a box-like deep eclipse with a full width at 50% depth of $1970\pm2s$ and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-19 K. Beuermann , P. Breitenstein , E. Schwab

HS0907+1902 was recently discovered to be one of a handful of deeply eclipsing dwarf novae with periods longward of the 2 -- 3 hr `gap'. This paper presents orbit-resolved spectra and time series photometry of an eclipse. The apparent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 John R. Thorstensen

The new discovered short-period close binary star, XY LMi, was monitored photometrically since 2006. It is shown that the light curves are typical EW-type and show complete eclipses with an eclipse duration of about 80 minutes. By analyzing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 S. -B. Qian , L. Liu , L. -Y. Zhu , J. -J. He , Y. -G. Yang , L. Bernasconi