X-ray Observations of the Intermediate Polar TX Col
Abstract
We present the timing analysis of the intermediate polar TX Col in the X-ray band using the observations made by Chandra, Swift, and Suzaku during the years 2000, 2007, and 2009, respectively. The spin, orbital, and beat periods derived from these data are consistent with the earlier findings. We found that the spin modulation was dominant during the Chandra observation, whereas both orbital and beat modulations were dominant during the Swift and Suzaku observations. These findings and past X-ray observations indicate that TX Col is changing its accretion geometry from disc dominance to stream dominance and vice versa.
- Publication:
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Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege
- Pub Date:
- June 2024
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2309.03674
- Bibcode:
- 2024BSRSL..93..243P
- Keywords:
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- Cataclysmic Variable;
- Intermediate polars (TX Col);
- X-rays;
- Accretion flow;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- Proceeding paper of the 3rd Belgo-Indian Network for Astronomy and Astrophysics (BINA) workshop, Accepted for publication in the Bulletin of Li\`{e}ge Royal Society of Sciences