The impact of Suzaku on the knowledge of cataclysmic variables.
Abstract
We review the observational results of cataclysmic variable stars using the Suzaku X-ray satellite. Many observations were conducted with Suzaku, yielding high signal-to-noise ratio light curves and spectra by combining the X-ray Imaging Spectrometer and the Hard X-ray Detector. The nature of cataclysmic variable stars in major subclasses (classical novae, dwarf novae, and magnetic cataclysmic variables) were discussed in three Ph. D. theses and 16 papers using the Suzaku data to date. Based on the results, we further discuss the impact on the knowledge of cataclysmic variable stars, focussing on the discovery of non-thermal X-ray emission from the classical nova V2491 Cygni.
- Publication:
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Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana
- Pub Date:
- 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012MmSAI..83..624T
- Keywords:
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- Stars: novae;
- cataclysmic variables;
- Stars: white dwarfs;
- X-rays: stars