XMM-Newton Proposal 03052403

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Oct 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004xmm..prop..166s&link_type=abstract

XMM-Newton Proposal ID #03052403

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White Dwarf Binaries, Neutron Star Binaries, Cataclysmic Variables, Ulxs, Black Holes, Am Her, Am Her, Am Her, Xmm-Newton Proposal 03052403

Scientific paper

AM Herculis, the prototype of strongly magnetic cataclysmic binaries, escaped XMM-Newton observations so far due to visibility constraints. We now propose to observe AM Her with full phase coverage of the 3 hour binary orbit. There is a 50% chance to encounter the system in a high or a low accretion state. Observations in each state will reveal different, but equally important physical insight into the processes of magnetically controlled accretion. We will make simultaneous observatiosn of the hard X-ray emitting shock, the heated accretion pole cap, the atmosphere of the white dwarf, the absorption in the shock and in the flow, the reflection from the white dwarf. The temperatures, densities, fluxes and sizes of these regions will combine to an understanding of magnetic accretion as a whole.

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