The Ultraviolet Spectrum of the High-Field Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable AR Ursae Majoris

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Oct 2004

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The Astronomical Journal, Volume 128, Issue 4, pp. 1894-1898.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Stars: Novae, Cataclysmic Variables, Stars: Individual: Constellation Name: Ar Ursae Majoris, Stars: Magnetic Fields, Ultraviolet: Stars, Stars: White Dwarfs

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We have obtained an ultraviolet spectrum covering the range 917-1182 Å of the high-field magnetic cataclysmic variable AR Ursae Majoris when the binary was in its typical low-accretion state. The data reveal an array of deep Zeeman absorption features due to hydrogen Lyα-Lyγ, including several transitions that are normally forbidden but become enabled in the strong electric fields that exist in the atmospheres of highly magnetic white dwarfs. Spectral models indicate a magnetic field strength and structure consistent with that determined from longer wavelength Hubble Space Telescope Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph UV observations; that is, a dipole of strength ~235 MG offset along its axis by ~0.15 of the stellar radius.
This research is based on observations with the NASA-CNES-CSA Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, which is operated for NASA by Johns Hopkins University under NASA contract NAS 5-32985, and on observations obtained with the Apache Point Observatory 3.5 m telescope, which is owned and operated by the Astrophysics Research Consortium.

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