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Radio observations of cataclysmic variables have revealed a variety of behavior. From some systems, we see bright unpolarized radio flares occurring during dwarf nova outbursts, consistent with synchrotron emission from jets. In others, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-05 Margaret E. Ridder , Paul E. Barrett , Craig O. Heinke , Gregory R. Sivakoff

We report spectroscopic observations of seven bright southern cataclysmic variable stars, collected on a single two-week observing run using the 1.9-m Radcliffe telescope at the South African Astronomical Observatory. We used radial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-18 John R. Thorstensen , Chase K. Alvarado-Anderson , Abigail D. Burrows , Rowan M. Goebel-Bain , David C. Katz

We have discovered a new high proper motion cataclysmic variable (CV) in the SUPERBLINK proper motion survey, which is sensitive to stars with proper motions greater than 40 mas/yr. This CV was selected for follow-up observations as part of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Julie N. Skinner , John R. Thorstensen , Sébastien Lépine

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

Coordinates, magnitudes and spectra are presented for 39 cataclysmic variables found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectra that were primarily obtained in 2006. Of these, 12 were CVs identified prior to the SDSS spectra (GY Cnc, GO Com, ST…

We present optical spectroscopy of nine cataclysmic binary stars, mostly dwarf novae, obtained primarily to determine orbital periods Porb. The stars and their periods are LX And, 0.1509743(5) d; CZ Aql, 0.2005(6) d; LU Cam, 0.1499686(4) d;…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 H. A. Sheets , J. R. Thorstensen , C. J. Peters , A. B. Kapusta , C. J. Taylor

The March 2011 outburst of the poorly-studied cataclysmic variable NSV 1436 offered an opportunity to decide between dwarf nova and recurrent nova classifications. We use seven daily observations in the X-ray and UV by the Swift satellite,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 J. P. Osborne , K. L. Page , A. A. Henden , J. -U. Ness , M. F. Bode , G. J. Schwarz , S. Starrfield , J. J. Drake , E. Kuulkers , A. P. Beardmore

It is predicted that half or more of all cataclysmic variables (CVs) should have evolved past the period minimum and now exist as so-called "period bouncers" where a white dwarf should be accreting from a Roche-lobe filling substellar…

V498 Hya (SDSS J084555.07+033929.2) was identified as a short-period cataclysmic variable (CV) by the Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey (CRTS) in 2008. The superhump period was measured during the detected single superoutburst of V498…

Gravitational wave emission is considered to be the driving force for the evolution of short-period cataclysmic binary stars, making them a potential test for the validity of General Relativity. In spite of continuous refinements of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Luciano Rezzolla , Koji Uryu , Shin'ichirou Yoshida

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

[abridged abstract] Low amplitude (~=0.5%) 29-s oscillations have been detected in HST/FOS eclipse observations of the nova-like cataclysmic variable UX UMa. These are the same dwarf nova-type oscillations that were originally discovered in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 C. Knigge , N. Drake , K. S. Long , R. A. Wade , K. Horne , R. Baptista

The orbital period of the eclipsing cataclysmic variable SDSS J170213.26+322954.1 has been measured as 0.10008215+/-0.00000001d using observations of eclipses during the first recorded superoutburst in October 2005 together with eclipses…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 David Boyd , Arto Oksanen , Arne Henden

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 spectral and photometric studies of the cataclysmic variable Gaia 19cwm (or ZTF19aamkwxk) have been performed. Based on the analysis of long-term variability, it is concluded that the object belongs to WZ Sge type stars. The light…

Using a filter in the GROWTH Marshal based on color and the amplitude and the timescale of variability, we have identified 372 objects as known or candidate cataclysmic variables (CVs) during the second year of operation of the Zwicky…

SW Sextantis systems are nova-like cataclysmic variables that have unusual spectroscopic properties, which are thought to be caused by an accretion geometry having part of the mass flux trajectory out of the orbital plane. Accretion onto a…

We report phase-resolved optical polarimetric, photometric and spectroscopic observations of RX J2115.7-5840 (= EUVE J2115-58.6, Craig 1996) which confirms the system to be a magnetic cataclysmic binary of the polar (AM Herculis) subclass.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 A. D. Schwope , D. A. H. Buckley , D. O'Donoghue , G. Hasinger , J. Truemper , W. Voges

We present time-series spectroscopy and photometry of Gaia DR2 6097540197980557440, a new deeply-eclipsing hot subdwarf B (sdB) + M dwarf (dM) binary. We discovered this object during the course of the Eclipsing Reflection Effect Binaries…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-08 Kyle A. Corcoran , Brad N. Barlow , Veronika Schaffenroth , Uli Heber , Stephen Walser , Andreas Irgang

A deep (R ~ 19.5) photographic Halpha Survey of the southern Galactic Plane was recently completed using the UK Schmidt Telescope at the AAO. In addition, we have recently started a similar, CCD-based survey of the northern Galactic Plane…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-10 Andrew Witham , Christian Knigge , Janet Drew , Paul Groot , Robert Greimel , Quentin Parker