Time-resolved optical observations of five cataclysmic variables detected by INTEGRAL |
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Authors: | Magaretha L. Pretorius |
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Affiliation: | South African Astronomical Observatory, PO Box 9, Observatory 7935, Cape Town, South Africa |
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Abstract: | The European Space Agency γ-ray telescope, INTEGRAL , is detecting relatively more intrinsically rare cataclysmic variables (CVs) than were found by surveys at lower energies. Specifically, a large fraction of the CVs that are INTEGRAL sources consists of asynchronous polars and intermediate polars (IPs). IP classifications have been proposed for the majority of CVs discovered by INTEGRAL , but, in many cases, there is very little known about these systems. In order to address this, I present time-resolved optical data of five CVs discovered through INTEGRAL observations. The white dwarf spin modulation is detected in high-speed photometry of three of the new CVs (IGR J15094−6649, IGR J16500−3307 and IGR J17195−4100), but two others (XSS J12270−4859 and IGR J16167−4957) show no evidence of magnetism, and should be considered unclassified systems. Spectroscopic orbital period ( P orb) measurements are also given for IGR J15094−6649, IGR J16167−4957, IGR J16500−3307 and IGR J17195−4100. |
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Keywords: | binaries: general stars: dwarf novae novae, cataclysmic variables |
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