Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-05-11
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.369:581-597,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in MNRAS. Figure 1 has been reduced in resolution for submission
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10395.x
We report on the properties of 71 known cataclysmic variables (CVs) in photometric Halpha emission line surveys. Our study is motivated by the fact that the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) Photometric Halpha Survey of the northern galactic plane (IPHAS) will soon provide r', i' and narrow-band Halpha measurements down to r' \simeq 20 for all northern objects between -5 degrees < b < +5 degrees. IPHAS thus provides a unique resource, both for studying the emission line properties of known CVs and for constructing a new CV sample selected solely on the basis of Halpha excess. Our goal here is to carry out the first task and prepare the way for the second. In order to achieve this, we analyze data on 19 CVs already contained in the IPHAS data base and supplement this with identical observations of 52 CVs outside the galactic plane. Our key results are as follows: (i) the recovery rate of known CVs as Halpha emitters in a survey like IPHAS is \simeq 70 per cent; (ii) of the \simeq 30 per cent of CVs which were not recovered \simeq 75 per cent were clearly detected but did not exhibit a significant Halpha excess at the time of our observations; (iii) the recovery rate depends only weakly on CV type; (iv) the recovery rate depends only weakly on orbital period; (v) short-period dwarf novae tend to have the strongest Halpha lines. These results imply that photometric emission line searches provide an efficient way of constructing CV samples that are not biased against detection of intrinsically faint, short-period systems.
Aungwerojwit A.
Corradi Romano L. M.
Drew Janet E.
Gaensicke Boris T.
Greimel Robert
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