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2022A&A...661A..43S - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 661A43-43 (2022/5-1)

Discovery of eRASSt J192932.9-560346: A bright, two-pole accreting, eclipsing polar.

SCHWOPE A., BUCKLEY D.A.H., MALYALI A., POTTER S., KONIG O., ARCODIA R., GROMADZKI M. and RAU A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the discovery of a bright (V ∼ 15), eclipsing, two-pole accreting magnetic cataclysmic variable (CV), a polar, as counterpart of the SRG/eROSITA and Gaia transients eRASSt J192932.9-560346 and Gaia21bxo. Frequent large-amplitude changes of its brightness at X-ray and optical wavelengths by more than four magnitudes are indicative of a CV nature of the source. Identification spectra obtained with the 10m SALT telescope revealed the typical features of a magnetic CV: strong, broad HeI, HeII, and hydrogen Balmer emission lines superposed on a blue continuum. Time-resolved photoelectric polarimetry revealed that the circular polarization varies from -20 to +20% and the linear polarization varies from 0 to 10%, confirming the system to be a magnetic CV of the polar subclass. High-cadence photometry revealed deep, structured eclipses, indicating that the system is a two-pole accretor. The orbital period determined from the eclipse times is 92.5094 ± 0.0002 min. The X-ray spectrum is thermal only, and the implied luminosity is LX = 2.2 x 1031 erg s–1 at the Gaia-determined distance of 376 pc.

Abstract Copyright: © ESO 2022

Journal keyword(s): stars: individual: eRASSt 192932.9-560346 - X-rays: stars - novae, cataclysmic variables

Simbad objects: 6

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