Filling up the period gap: RX J0803.4-4748, a new 137 minute polar

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dc.creatorSchwarz, Robert
dc.creatorGreiner, Jochen
dc.date1998-09-30
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dc.descriptionWe report the discovery of a new AM Herculis system as the counterpart of the bright and very soft X-ray source RX J0803.4-4748 found serendipitously in a ROSAT PSPC pointing. Optical photometry showed deep (2 mag) variations with a period of ~137 min placing RX J0803.4-4748 right into the period gap. The modulation can be interpreted in terms of cyclotron beaming and is very similar to that of other non-selfeclipsing polars like e.g. V843 Cen. Such a geometry is also supported by the X-ray light curve of a later HRI pointing which was lacking any pronounced faint-phase. Phase-resolved optical spectra are charaterized by strong Balmer and HeII 4686 Angstroem line emission superimposed onto a blue continiuum, and reveal disinct cyclotron humps at certain phases. The field strength of 39 MG as derived from the separation of the harmonics is in agreement with that of other soft X-ray polars.
dc.description4 pages, paspconf style, incl. 6 figures, Conf. on Magnetic CVs, Annapolis, July 1998 (to appear in PASP, Ed. C. Hellier) also available from http://www.obs.aip.de/~jcg/publis.html
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9809399
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9809399
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/12993
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleFilling up the period gap: RX J0803.4-4748, a new 137 minute polar
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