FIRST J102347.6+003841: The First Radio-Selected Cataclysmic Variable

Details FIRST J102347.6+003841: The First Radio-Selected Cataclysmic Variable FIRST J102347.6+003841: The First Radio-Selected Cataclysmic Variable

2002-08-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0208383v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 3 figures; accepted for December 2002 issue of Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Scientific paper

10.1086/344381

We have identified the 1.4 GHz radio source FIRST J102347.6+003841 (hereafter FIRST J1023+0038) with a previously unknown 17th-mag Galactic cataclysmic variable (CV). The optical spectrum resembles that of a magnetic (AM Herculis- or DQ Herculis-type) CV. Five nights of optical CCD photometry showed variations on timescales of minutes to hours, along with rapid flickering. A re-examination of the FIRST radio survey data reveals that the radio detection was based on a single 6.6 mJy flare; on two other occasions the source was below the ~1 mJy survey limit. Several other magnetic CVs are known to be variable radio sources, suggesting that FIRST J1023+0038 is a new member of this class (and the first CV to be discovered on the basis of radio emission). However, FIRST J1023+0038 is several optical magnitudes fainter than the other radio-detected magnetic CVs. It remains unclear whether the source simply had a very rare and extraordinarily intense radio flare at the time of the FIRST observation, or is really an unusually radio-luminous CV; thus further observations are urged.

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