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Proposal ID 080462
Title Uncovering the CV majority population
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-945lxxs
Principal Investigator, PI Dr Axel Schwope
Abstract Period bouncing faint cataclysmic Variables (CVs) with degenerate donor starsare predicted to represent the majority population among the CV class. Yet onlya handful have been securely identified via IR-photometry and eclipse modelingand only one was observed at X-ray wavelengths and found to be underluminous bya large factor. We propose to observe further two of the remaining four objects,all being eclipsers with well-determined binary parameters and distances, tomeasure their accretion rates and thus test the current binary evolutionparadigm.
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Instrument EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage 2017-05-13T22:06:39Z/2017-08-04T04:32:57Z
Version 17.56_20190403_1200
Mission Description The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earths atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis.
Creator Contact https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk
Date Published 2018-08-24T22:00:00Z
Keywords "accretion rates", "xray wavelengths", "cv class", "degenerate donor stars", "via ir photometry", "binary parameters", "binary evolution paradigm", "eclipse modeling"
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Dr Axel Schwope, 2018, 'Uncovering the CV majority population', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-945lxxs