Uncovering the nature of UV sources observed with Swift
Abstract
We present an ongoing project aiming to reveal the nature and study the variability of UV sources. The project explores emitters in a sample of more than 60 fields covering around symbiotic stars which were observed with the ultraviolet/optical telescope onboard the Swift satellite. Here we detail the procedures developed in order to search for variability in their flux, and the first results from the three fields already investigated. The UV sources identified are likely associated with cataclysmic variables, white dwarfs, and active stars.
- Publication:
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Boletin de la Asociacion Argentina de Astronomia La Plata Argentina
- Pub Date:
- August 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016BAAA...58..111L
- Keywords:
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- ultraviolet: general;
- techniques: photometric