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2000MNRAS.314..403R - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 314, 403-408 (2000/May-2)

Determining the mass of the accreting white dwarf in magnetic cataclysmic variables using RXTE data.

RAMSAY G.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have extracted spectra of 20 magnetic cataclysmic variables (mCVs) from the RXTE archive and best fitted them using the X-ray continuum method of Cropper et al. to determine the mass of the accreting white dwarf in each system. We find evidence that the mass distribution of these mCVs is significantly different from that of non-magnetic isolated white dwarfs, with the white dwarfs in mCVs being biased towards higher masses. It is unclear if this effect is a result of selection or whether this reflects a real difference in the parent populations.

Abstract Copyright: 2000, Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion discs - methods: data analysis - stars: fundamental parameters - novae, cataclysmic variables - white dwarfs - X-rays: stars

CDS comments: Table 4: RX J1238-38 and RX J1712-24, incomplete format

Simbad objects: 21

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