Photometric and polarimetric observations of the eclipsing polar SDSS J015543.40+002807.2

Details Photometric and polarimetric observations of the eclipsing polar SDSS J015543.40+002807.2 Photometric and polarimetric observations of the eclipsing polar SDSS J015543.40+002807.2

Dec 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004mnras.355..689w&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 355, Issue 3, pp. 689-693.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Accretion, Accretion Discs, Methods: Analytical, Techniques: Polarimetric, Binaries: Close, Novae, Cataclysmic Variables, X-Rays: Stars

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We present photometric and polarimetric follow-up observations of the eclipsing Sloan Digital Sky Survey cataclysmic variable SDSS J015543.40+002807.2. Linear and circular polarizations were detected, confirming that it is a new polar (AM Herculis system). An accurate eclipse ephemeris yields an orbital period of 87.1435 +/- 0.0002 min. Assuming a range of mass ratios 0.11 > M2/M1 > 0.07, the inclination lies in the range 85° < i < 90°. The circular polarization shows a change in sign, implying that SDSS J015543.40+002807.2 is a two-pole accretor, although the possibility that it could be a single-pole accretor cannot yet be ruled out.

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