X-Ray Observations of VY Scl-Type Nova-Like Binaries in the High and Low State

Four VY Scl-type nova-like systems were observed in X-rays both during the low and the high optical states. They are BZ Cam, MV Lyr, TT Ari, and V794 Aql. Using archival ROSAT, <em>Swift</em> and <em>SUZAKU</em> observations we found that the X-ray flux for BZ Cam is higher d...

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Main Authors: P. Zemko, M. Orio
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Published: Czech Technical University in Prague 2015-02-01
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description Four VY Scl-type nova-like systems were observed in X-rays both during the low and the high optical states. They are BZ Cam, MV Lyr, TT Ari, and V794 Aql. Using archival ROSAT, <em>Swift</em> and <em>SUZAKU</em> observations we found that the X-ray flux for BZ Cam is higher during the low state, but there is no supersoft X-ray source (SSS) that would indicate the thermonuclear burning predicted in a previous article. The X-ray flux is lower by a factor 2–10 in the low than the high state in other systems, and does not reflect the drop in <em>˙M</em> inferred from optical and UV data. The best fit model for the X-ray spectra is a collisionally ionized plasma model. The X-ray flux may originate in a shocked wind or in accretion onto polar caps in intermediate polar systems that continues even during the low state.
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spelling doaj-art-cc3225cd07b640a099601d27096ff4fa2025-08-20T03:38:48ZengCzech Technical University in PragueActa Polytechnica CTU Proceedings2336-53822015-02-012126927210.14311/APP.2015.02.02692680X-Ray Observations of VY Scl-Type Nova-Like Binaries in the High and Low StateP. Zemko0M. Orio1Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, 13, Universitetskij ave., Moscow, 119991, Russia INAF - Osservatorio di Padova, vicolo dell’ Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova, ItalyINAF - Osservatorio di Padova, vicolo dell’ Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova, Italy Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, 475 N. Charter Str., Madison, WI 53704, USAFour VY Scl-type nova-like systems were observed in X-rays both during the low and the high optical states. They are BZ Cam, MV Lyr, TT Ari, and V794 Aql. Using archival ROSAT, <em>Swift</em> and <em>SUZAKU</em> observations we found that the X-ray flux for BZ Cam is higher during the low state, but there is no supersoft X-ray source (SSS) that would indicate the thermonuclear burning predicted in a previous article. The X-ray flux is lower by a factor 2–10 in the low than the high state in other systems, and does not reflect the drop in <em>˙M</em> inferred from optical and UV data. The best fit model for the X-ray spectra is a collisionally ionized plasma model. The X-ray flux may originate in a shocked wind or in accretion onto polar caps in intermediate polar systems that continues even during the low state.https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/2920
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X-Ray Observations of VY Scl-Type Nova-Like Binaries in the High and Low State
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings
title X-Ray Observations of VY Scl-Type Nova-Like Binaries in the High and Low State
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title_full_unstemmed X-Ray Observations of VY Scl-Type Nova-Like Binaries in the High and Low State
title_short X-Ray Observations of VY Scl-Type Nova-Like Binaries in the High and Low State
title_sort x ray observations of vy scl type nova like binaries in the high and low state
url https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/2920
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