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RX J1015.5+0904: A New Polar at the Lower Period Limit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

V. Burwitz ,
K. Reinsch ,
A. D. Schwope ,
K. Beuermann ,
S. Mengel ,
P. Notni ,
A. Van Teeseling  and
H.-C. Thomas
V. Burwitz
Affiliation:
Universitäts-Sternwarte, Geismarlandstr. 11, D-37083 Göttingen, Germany. (burwitz@usw051.dnet.gwdg.de)
K. Reinsch
Affiliation:
Universitäts-Sternwarte, Geismarlandstr. 11, D-37083 Göttingen, Germany. (burwitz@usw051.dnet.gwdg.de)
A. D. Schwope
Affiliation:
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany
K. Beuermann
Affiliation:
Universitäts-Sternwarte, Geismarlandstr. 11, D-37083 Göttingen, Germany. (burwitz@usw051.dnet.gwdg.de) MPI für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
S. Mengel
Affiliation:
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany
P. Notni
Affiliation:
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany
A. Van Teeseling
Affiliation:
Universitäts-Sternwarte, Geismarlandstr. 11, D-37083 Göttingen, Germany. (burwitz@usw051.dnet.gwdg.de)
H.-C. Thomas
Affiliation:
MPI für Astrophysik, Garching, Germany

Abstract

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We present X-ray and optical observations of the ROSAT discovered polar (AM Her binary) RX J1015.5+0904 and first results of our analysis of the X-ray and optical data. These results indicate a one-pole accretion geometry and an orbital period of P = 79.88 m for this V ~ 17 mag system.

Type
Polar Systems
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 158: Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects , 1996 , pp. 229 - 230
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996

References

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