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中间极的定义特征-三个候选系统的情况

The defining characteristics of Intermediate Polars - the case of three candidate systems

Gavin Ramsay, Peter J. Wheatley, A. J. Norton, Pasi Hakala, Darren Baskill

摘要:

中极星(Intermediate Polar,IP)是一组激变变星(cataclysmic variants,CV),被认为包含了磁场强度在~0.1- 10 MG范围内的白矮星。在最近的深部调查中发现的X射线源的一个重要部分已被假定为包括IP。到目前为止,IP的两个定义特征是在其X射线光谱中存在高(和复杂)吸收,以及在X射线光变曲线中存在稳定调制,这是吸积白矮星的自旋周期或拍频周期的标志。V426 Oph、EI UMa和LS Peg这三个CV具有与IP相似的特征。然而,只有初步的证据表明它们的X射线光变曲线中存在相干周期。我们提出的搜索结果的相干周期在XMM-牛顿数据的这些来源使用自回归分析模型的影响,红噪声。我们确认检测到的软X射线光变曲线的EI UMa的Reimer等人报告的760秒周期,并同意这代表的自旋周期。我们还发现在100-200秒的范围内的每个源的功率谱中的峰值的证据,这是刚刚超过3sigma的置信水平。我们不认为它们代表真正的连贯调制。然而,它们的X射线光谱与已知的IP非常相似。我们相信这三份简历都是真实的IP。我们推测V426 Oph和LS Peg没有显示出自旋周期的证据,因为它们具有紧密对齐的磁轴和自旋轴。我们讨论的影响,这对知识产权的定义特征。

英文摘要:

Intermediate Polars (IPs) are a group of cataclysmic variables (CVs) which are thought to contain white dwarfs which have a magnetic field strength in the range ~0.1-10MG. A significant fraction of the X-ray sources detected in recent deep surveys has been postulated to consist of IPs. Until now two of the defining characteristics of IPs have been the presence of high (and complex) absorption in their X-ray spectra and the presence of a stable modulation in the X-ray light curve which is a signature of the spin period, or the beat period, of the accreting white dwarf. Three CVs, V426 Oph, EI UMa and LS Peg, have characteristics which are similar to IPs. However, there has been only tentative evidence for a coherent period in their X-ray light curve. We present the results of a search for coherent periods in XMM-Newton data of these sources using an auto-regressive analysis which models the effects of red-noise. We confirm the detection of a ~760 sec period in the soft X-ray light curve of EI UMa reported by Reimer et al and agree that this represents the spin period. We also find evidence for peaks in the power spectrum of each source in the range 100-200 sec which are just above the 3sigma confidence level. We do not believe that they represent genuine coherent modulations. However, their X-ray spectra are very similar to those of known IPs. We believe that all three CVs are bona fide IPs. We speculate that V426 Oph and LS Peg do not show evidence for a spin period since they have closely aligned magnetic and spin axes. We discuss the implications that this has for the defining characteristics of IPs.

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