The spin pulse of the intermediate polar V1062 Tauri
Abstract
We combine ASCA and RXTE data of V1062 Tau to confirm the presence of a 62-min X-ray pulsation. We show that the pulsation is caused largely by the variation of dense partial absorption, in keeping with current models of accretion onto magnetic white dwarfs. Further parametrisation of the spin pulse is, however, hampered by ambiguities in the models.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- July 2002
- DOI:
- 10.1051/0004-6361:20020634
- Bibcode:
- 2002A&A...389..904H
- Keywords:
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- accretion;
- accretion disks;
- stars: individual: V1062 Tau;
- novae;
- cataclysmic variables;
- binaries: close;
- X-rays: stars.