BeppoSAX observations of soft X-ray Intermediate Polars

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2003-11-25

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0311557v1

Astron.Astrophys. 415 (2004) 1009-1019

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 15 postscript figures, LateX, uses aa.cls. Accepted for publications in Astronomy and Astrophysics Main Journal

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20034160

We present broad-band (0.1--90keV) spectral and temporal properties of the three Intermediate Polars, RE0751+144 (PQ Gem), RXJ0558.0+5353 (V405Aur) and RXJ1712.6-2414 (V2400 Oph) based on simultaneous soft and hard X-ray observations with the BeppoSAX satellite. The analysis of their spectra over the wide energy range of BeppoSAX instruments allows us to identify the soft and hard X-ray components and to determine simultaneously their temperatures. The black--body temperatures of the irradiated poles of the white dwarf atmosphere are found to be 60--100eV, much higher than those found in their synchronous analogues, the Polars. The temperature of the optically thin post--shock plasma is well constrained in RXJ1712.6-2414 and in RE0751+144 (13 and 17keV) and less precisely determined in RXJ0558.0+5353. In the first two systems evidence of subsolar abundances is found, similarly to what estimated in other magnetic Cataclysmic Variables. A Compton reflection component is present in RXJ0558.0+5353 and in RE0751+144 and it is favoured in RXJ1712.6-2414. Its origin is likely at the irradiated white dwarf surface. Although these systems share common properties (soft X-ray component and optical polarized radiation), their X-ray power spectra and light curves at different energies suggest accretion geometries which cannot be reconciled with a single and simple configuration.

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