Detection of X-Ray Periodicity from a New Eclipsing Polar Candidate XGPS-I J183251-100106
Abstract
We report the results from a detailed analysis of an archival XMM-Newton observation of the X-ray source XGPS-I J183251-100106, which has been suggested as a promising magnetic cataclysmic variable (CV) candidate based on its optical properties. A single periodic signal of ~1.5 hr is detected from all EPIC instruments on board XMM-Newton. The phase-averaged X-ray spectrum can be well modeled with a thermal bremsstrahlung temperature of kT ~ 50 keV. Both the X-ray spectral and temporal behavior of this system suggest that it is an eclipsing CV of the AM Herculis (or polar) type.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- November 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0004-637X/759/2/109
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1209.1169
- Bibcode:
- 2012ApJ...759..109H
- Keywords:
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- stars: individual: XGPS-I J183251-100106 2XMM J183251.4-100106;
- X-rays: stars;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 15 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ