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Gaensicke, B. T., Marsh, T. R., Edge, A., Rodríguez-Gil, P., Steeghs, D., Araujo-Betancor, S., Harlaftis, E. T., Giannakis, O., Pyrzas, S., Morales-Rueda, L. and Aungwerojwit, A. (2005) Cataclysmic variables from a ROSAT/2MASS selection. I, Four new intermediate polars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol.361 (No.1). pp. 141-154. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09138.x ISSN 0035-8711.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09138.x
Abstract
We report the first results from a new search for cataclysmic variables (CVs) using a combined X-ray (ROSAT)/infrared (2MASS) target selection that discriminates against background active galactic nuclei. Identification spectra were obtained at the Isaac Newton Telescope for a total of 174 targets, leading to the discovery of 12 new CVs. Initially devised to find short-period low-mass-transfer CVs, this selection scheme has been very successful in identifying new intermediate polars. Photometric and spectroscopic follow-up observations identify four of the new CVs as intermediate polars: 1RXS J063631.9+353537 P(orb)similar or equal to 201 min, P-spin= 1008.3408 s or 930.5829 s), 1RXS J070407.9+262501 (P(orb)similar or equal to 250 min, P-spin= 480.708 s) 1RXS J173021.5-055933 (P-orb= 925.27 min, P-spin= 128.0 s), and 1RXS J180340.0+401214 (P-orb= 160.21 min, P-spin= 1520.51 s). RX J1730, also a moderately bright hard X-ray source in the INTEGRAL/IBIS Galactic plane survey, resembles the enigmatic AE Aqr. It is likely that its white dwarf is not rotating at the spin equilibrium period, and the system may represent a short-lived phase in CV evolution.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Cataclysmic variable stars | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | ||||
Publisher: | Wiley | ||||
ISSN: | 0035-8711 | ||||
Official Date: | July 2005 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.361 | ||||
Number: | No.1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 14 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 141-154 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09138.x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 December 2015 | ||||
Funder: | Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (Great Britain) (PPARC), Royal Society (Great Britain), Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
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