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We present a sample of cataclysmic variables (CVs) identified among the X-ray sources from the 400 square degree X-ray survey based on ROSAT pointing data (400d). The procedure of the CV selection among the X-ray sources using additional…

Wide-field time domain facilities detect transient events in large numbers through difference imaging. For example, Zwicky Transient Facility produces alerts for hundreds of thousands of transient events per night, a rate set to be dwarfed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 D. Mistry , C. M. Copperwheat , M. J. Darnley , I. Olier

Although a large number of orbital periods of cataclysmic variable stars (CVs) have been measured, comparison of period and luminosity distributions with evolutionary theory is affected by strong selection effects. A test has been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. C. North , T. R. Marsh , U. Kolb , V. S. Dhillon , C. K. J. Moran

Following long periods of quiescence, low-mass X-ray binaries can exhibit intense X-ray outbursts triggered by instabilities within the accretion disk. These outbursts can sometimes be detected in optical wavelengths before being detected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-30 Susmita Sett , Arash Bahramian , Kristen Dage , David Russell , William I. Clarkson

Aims: We present discovery observations of the new cataclysmic variable star (CV) 1RXS J092737.4-191529, as well as spectra and photometry of SY Vol. The selection technique that turned up these two CVs is described; it should be efficient…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Magaretha L. Pretorius , Christian Knigge

The disk instability model attributes the outbursts of dwarf novae to a thermal-viscous instability of their accretion disk, an instability to which nova-like stars are not subject. We aim to test the fundamental prediction of the disk…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-19 Guillaume Dubus , Magdalena Otulakowska-Hypka , Jean-Pierre Lasota

Thousands of X-ray sources have been detected in the Galactic center (GC), most believed to be cataclysmic variables (CVs). As a potential probe of the old stellar population, in particular CVs, the existence and detectability of novae in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-23 Zhao Su , Zhiyuan Li

Asteroid impactors larger than ~10 m, from Chelyabinsk-scale airburst and Tunguska-scale events to >300 m continental threats, remain the dominant planetary-defense risk. While the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-26 Qifeng Cheng , Daniel Scolnic , Jacob A. Kurlander , Ian Chow , Maryann Benny Fernandes

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will carry out its Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) with a single-exposure depth of $r{\sim}24.7$ and an anticipated baseline of 10 years, allowing to access the Milky Way's old halo not only deeper, but…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Nina Hernitschek , Keivan G. Stassun

We present the first volume-limited sample of cataclysmic variables (CVs), selected using the accurate parallaxes provided by the second data release (DR2) of the ESA $\mathit{Gaia}$ space mission. The sample is composed of 42 CVs within…

SDSS-V is carrying out a dedicated survey for white dwarfs, single and in binaries, and we report the analysis of the spectroscopy of cataclysmic variables (CVs) and CV candidates obtained during the final plug plate observations of SDSS.…

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will start by the end of 2025 and operate for ten years, offering billions of observations of the southern night sky. One of its main science goals is to create an…

We present VLT and Magellan spectroscopy and NTT photometry of nine faint cataclysmic variables (CVs) which were spectroscopically identified by the SDSS. We measure orbital periods for five of these from the velocity variations of the…

As part of the Transient UV Objects project, we have discovered a new outburst (at the beginning of October 2020) of the candidate cataclysmic variable (CV) ASASSN-18eh using the UV/Optical Telescope aboard the Neil Gehrels Swift…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-10 Sill Verberne , David Modiano , Rudy Wijnands

We present a sample of eight cataclysmic variables (CVs) identified among the X-ray sources of the 400 square degree (400d) X-ray ROSAT/PSPC survey. Based on this sample, we have obtained preliminary constraints on the X-ray luminosity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-18 R. Burenin , M. Revnivtsev , A. Tkachenko , V. Vorobyev , A. Semena , A. Meshcheryakov , S. Dodonov , M. Eselevich , M. Pavlinsky

(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

We present spectroscopy and orbital periods Porb for 30 apparently non-magnetic cataclysmic binaries with periods below about 3 hours, nearly all of which are dwarf novae, mostly of the SU Ursae Majoris subclass. We then turn to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-17 John R. Thorstensen

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's 10-Year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is expected to produce a hundredfold increase in the number of transients we observe. However, there are insufficient spectroscopic resources to follow up on all…

Continuing our work from Paper I (Southworth et al., 2006) we present medium-resolution spectroscopy and broad-band photometry of seven cataclysmic variables (CVs) discovered by the SDSS. For six of these objects we derive accurate orbital…

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