Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 1994
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HST Proposal ID #5364
Physics
Hst Proposal Id #5364 Hot Stars Eruptive Binaries
Scientific paper
Eight new magnetic cataclysmic variables were discovered during the ROSAT WFC survey. Seven of these have been identified with polar (or AM Her) systems. A striking result that has emerged is that the new polars appear to populate a region of high EUV/optical flux ratio when compared to that measured for the previously known systems that were also detected in the WFC survey. It is highly likely that these new polars also possess large soft/hard X-ray flux ratios. In this case, the WFC result suggests that a) polars with large soft excesses are more common than previously believed and b) that the mode of accretion in these particular systems is likely to be via the direct penetration of the white dwarf's surface by blobs of accreting material rather than by the formation of a hard X-ray emitting column above the surface. The new polars will have a direct bearing on the division between the two different modes of accretion. They also provide the means to probe the detailed nature of the processes occurring in the accretion region. We are proposing low resolution HST FOS observations of the brightest of these EUV luminous polars discovered in the WFC survey to a) search for the tail of the emission component from the heated region around the accreting pole to constrain the luminosity, size and temperature of this constituent and b) to perform an initial study of the UV emission lines, measuring their flux and radial velocity motion to constrain the dynamics and physical (ionization) structure within the accretion flow.
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