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IGR J04571+4527 and Swift J0525.6+2416 are two hard X-ray sources detected in the Swift/BAT and INTEGRAL/IBIS surveys. They were proposed to be magnetic cataclysmic variables of the Intermediate Polar (IP) type, based on optical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-16 F. Bernardini , D. de Martino , K. Mukai , G. Israel , M. Falanga , G. Ramsay , N. Masetti

We report on the Swift/XRT Deep Galactic Plane Survey discovery and multi-wavelength follow-up observations of a new intermediate polar Cataclysmic Variable, Swift J183920.1-045350. A 449.7 s spin period is found in Xmm-Newton and NuSTAR…

We present timing and spectral analysis of a sample of seven hard X-ray selected Cataclysmic Variable candidates based on simultaneous X-ray and optical observations collected with XMM-Newton , complemented with Swift/BAT and INTEGRAL/IBIS…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-02 F. Bernardini , D. de Martino , K. Mukai , D. M. Russell , M. Falanga , N. Masetti , C. Ferrigno , G. Israel

Swift J2218.4+1925, a hard X-ray source detected by Swift BAT, has been proposed as a candidate magnetic cataclysmic variable of the polar type from optical spectroscopy. Using XMM-Newton we perform detailed timing and spectral analysis…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Federico Bernardini , Domitilla de Martino , Koji Mukai , Maurizio Falanga

Optical and X-ray observations suggested that the 9.38 h binary, SWIFT J0746.3- 1608 could be a Cataclysmic Variable of the magnetic or nova-like type, or a low mass X-ray binary. Its optical, UV, and X-ray light curves are strongly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-09 F. Bernardini , D. de Martino , K. Mukai , M. Falanga

Based on the X-ray observations from XMM-Newton and Swift, and optical observations from Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and AAVSO, we present temporal and spectral properties of probable intermediate polar SWIFT J0503.7-2819.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-05 Nikita Rawat , J. C. Pandey , Arti Joshi , Simone Scaringi , Umesh Yadava

We conducted time-resolved optical spectroscopy and/or photometry of ten cataclysmic binaries that were discovered in hard X-ray surveys, with the goal of measuring their orbital periods and searching for evidence that they are magnetic.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-19 J. P. Halpern , J. R. Thorstensen

We report on XMM-Newton and optical results for 6 cataclysmic variables that were selected from Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectra because they showed strong HeII emission lines, indicative of being candidates for containing white dwarfs with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Eric J. Hilton , Paula Szkody , Anjum Mukadam , Arne Henden , William Dillon , Gary D. Schmidt

We report on the XMM-Newton observation of HP Cet and Swift J0820.6-2805, two X-ray photon sources that are candidates to be members of the intermediate polar class of cataclysmic variables. If the historical optical light curve of HP Cet…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-09 A. A. Nucita , F. De Paolis , F. Strafella , D. Licchelli

Intermediate polars are a class of cataclysmic variables in which a white dwarf accretes material from a companion star. The intermediate polar nature confirmation usually derives from the detection of two periods in both $X$-ray and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-21 A. A. Nucita , S. M. Lezzi , F. De Paolis , Strafella , D. Licchelli , A. Franco , M. Maiorano

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 conducted time-resolved optical spectroscopy and/or time-series photometry of 15 cataclysmic binaries that were discovered in hard X-ray surveys by the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) and the International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-06 J. P. Halpern , J. R. Thorstensen , P. Cho , G. Collver , M. Motsoaledi , H. Breytenbach , D. A. H. Buckley , P. A. Woudt

We present multi-wavelength temporal and spectral characteristics of a magnetic cataclysmic variable (MCV) Swift J0503.7-2819, using far ultraviolet (FUV) and X-ray data from AstroSat, supplemented with optical data from the Southern…

We present the results of our X-ray, ultraviolet, and optical follow-up campaigns of 1RXS J165424.6-433758, an X-ray source detected with the \textit{Swift} Deep Galactic Plane Survey (DGPS). The source X-ray spectrum (\textit{Swift} and…

Several persistent, low luminosity (L_X 10^{34} erg s^{-1}), long spin period (P>100 s) High Mass X-ray Binaries have been reported with blackbody components with temperatures >1 keV. These hot thermal excesses have correspondingly small…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-02 E. S. Bartlett , M. J. Coe , W. C. G. Ho

IGR J18434-0508 is a Galactic Intermediate Polar (IP) type Cataclysmic Variable (CV) previously classified through optical spectroscopy. The source is already known to have a hard Chandra spectrum. In this paper, we have used follow-up…

Photometric and spectroscopic observations reveal the Sloan Digital Sky Survey cataclysmic variable SDSS J132723.39+652854.2 to be a likely SW Sex star with an orbital period of P = 3.28 hours. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectrum shows…

Aims. To determine the credentials of nine candidate intermediate polars in order to confirm whether or not they are magnetic cataclysmic variables. Methods. Frequency analysis of RXTE and XMM data was used to search for temporal variations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 O. W. Butters , A. J. Norton , K. Mukai , J. A. Tomsick

From a set of thirteen cataclysmic binaries that were discovered in the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) survey, we conducted time-resolved optical spectroscopy and/or time-series photometry of eleven, with the goal of measuring their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-11-11 J. P. Halpern , J. R. Thorstensen

We analyze a 7.4 hr XMM-Newton light curve of the cataclysmic variable Swift J0503.7-2819, previously classified using optical periods as an intermediate polar (IP) with an orbital period of 0.0567 days. A photometric signal at 975 s,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-17 J. P. Halpern
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