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2003MNRAS.341..863B - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 341, 863-869 (2003/May-3)

Variability of the accretion stream in the eclipsing polar EP Dra.

BRIDGE C.M., CROPPER M., RAMSAY G., DE BRUIJNE J.H.J., REYNOLDS A.P. and PERRYMAN M.A.C.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the first high time resolution light curves for six eclipses of the magnetic cataclysmic variable EP Dra, taken using the superconducting tunnel junction imager S-Cam2. The system shows a varying eclipse profile between consecutive eclipses over the two nights of observation. We attribute the variable stream eclipse after accretion region ingress to a variation in the amount and location of bright material in the accretion stream. This material creates an accretion curtain as it is threaded by many field lines along the accretion stream trajectory. We identify this as the cause of absorption evident in the light curves when the system is in a high accretion state. We do not see direct evidence in the light curves for an accretion spot on the white dwarf; however, the variation of the stream brightness with the brightness of the rapid decline in flux at eclipse ingress indicates the presence of some form of accretion region. This accretion region is most likely located at high colatitude on the white dwarf surface, forming an arc shape at the foot points of the many field lines channelling the accretion curtain.

Abstract Copyright: 2003 RAS

Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion discs - binaries: eclipsing - stars: individual: EP Dra - stars: magnetic fields - novae, cataclysmic variables

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