RBS1955 -- prototype of low-luminosity magnetic CVs?

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Oct 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008xmm..prop..107s&link_type=abstract

XMM-Newton Proposal ID #06040601

Physics

White Dwarf Binaries, Neutron Star Binaries, Cataclysmic Variables, Ulxs, Black Holes, Rbs 1955

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RBS1955 is a nearby, high-latitude CV discovered by ROSAT. Detailed optical follow-up suggests a likely magnetic nature, a likely link between polars and intermediate polars. Its spectral energy distribution with a large optical excess is a-typical for either class. We propose follow-up with XMM-Newton for timing and spectroscopy to determine its energy budget and likely accretion scenario. RBS1955-like CVs might be important contributors to the yet unresolved galactic hard X-ray emission and knowledge of their X-ray properties is thus important for models of the galactic X-ray emission.

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