Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002stin...0229301s&link_type=abstract
Technical Report, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, MA United States
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cataclysmic Variables, Supernovae, X Ray Sources, Spectrum Analysis, Astronomical Photometry, X Ray Timing Explorer
Scientific paper
Two intermediate polar cataclysmic variables, PQ Gem and AO Psc, were observed jointly with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) and ground-based photometry. The analysis of intermediate polars (IPs) is complex because these objects exhibit light curves that behave differently as a function of energy and that behave differently when phased on the orbital or on the spin periods. The presence of two periods in one system is essentially equivalent to analyzing two different X-ray sources. A preliminary analysis of the PQ Gem data was carried out and presented at the Annapolis Workshop on Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables. The final analysis of the data were held up by problems with the background estimation. The RXTE PCA team has released a new version of the background estimator. The PQ Gem must be reanalyzed using the new background. We have also installed a spectral model that calculates the expected emission from an accretion column. That model is undergoing final testing before we apply it to the data.
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