Spin Periodicity Measurements of White Dwarfs Hosted in Southern Hard X-Ray Intermediate Polar Candidates
Abstract
Thanks to the combination of hard X-ray data afforded with the INTEGRAL satellite and optical spectroscopy at various telescopes, a number of new, possibly magnetic, Cataclysmic Variables (CVs) has been recently discovered. We here report on the preliminary analysis of B-band optical photometry performed with the 2.15m "Jorge Sahade" telescope at CASLEO (Argentina) on 5 CVs discovered at hard X-rays with INTEGRAL and which show features of a magnetic white dwarf (WD) in their optical spectra. The aim of these observations is to derive the orbital periods of these systems and the spin periodicity of their accreting WD.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Modern Physics D
- Pub Date:
- 2010
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2010IJMPD..19..797A
- Keywords:
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- Novae and cataclysmic variables;
- close binaries stars