Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1994-08-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
uuencoded PostScript file (25 pages) + 8 figures available by anonymous ftp to ftp.astro.psu.edu (in the directory /pub/robins
Scientific paper
10.1086/175007
An analysis of ROSAT observations for the eclipsing magnetic cataclysmic binary DP Leo provides constraints on the origin, size, temperature, variability and structure of the soft X-ray emission region on the surface of the white dwarf. These data, when combined with prior observations, show a progression of approximately 2 degrees per year in the impact position of the accretion stream onto the white dwarf. One explanation for the observed drift in stream position is that a magnetic activity cycle on the secondary produces orbital period oscillations. These oscillations result in an orbital period which cycles above and below the rotational period of the nearly synchronous white dwarf. The accretion stream and X-ray emission regions are modeled to fit the observational data. A distance to the system is also calculated. [An erroneous value for the cyclotron luminosity, included in an earlier paper version of the preprint, is corrected here.]
Cordova France A.
Robinson Craig Richard
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