X-ray observations of cataclysmic variables

Details X-ray observations of cataclysmic variables X-ray observations of cataclysmic variables

Feb 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987ap%26ss.130..207o&link_type=abstract

(IAU, DFG, and Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Unterricht und Kultus, Colloquium on Cataclysmic Variables, Recent Multi-Freque

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Cataclysmic Variables, Exosat Satellite, X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Binaries, Light Curve, Stellar Mass Accretion, White Dwarf Stars, X Ray Spectra

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The X-ray observatory EXOSAT spent over 1000 hours observing cataclysmic variables. Some of the major results reviewed here are: soft X-ray light curve changes in AM Her objects, orbital effects in the X-ray light curves of intermediate polars and U Gem, regular behaviour in the inter-outburst X-ray flux of VW Hyi, and X-ray emission from the tenuous remnant of the recent recurrent nova RS Oph. The ability of EXOSAT to make long uninterrupted observations at high sensitivity over a broad spectral range and to react quickly to cosmic events has yielded a dataset of a quality that will not be surpassed for many years.

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