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The Magnetic Field of 1H1752+08

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Lilia Ferrario
Affiliation:
Astrophysical Astrophysical Theory Centre, School of Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. [email protected]
Dayal T. Wickramasinghe
Affiliation:
Astrophysical Astrophysical Theory Centre, School of Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. [email protected]
Jeremy Bailey
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory, PO Box 296, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia
David Buckley
Affiliation:
South African Astronomical Observatory, PO Box 9, Observatory 7935, South Africa

Abstract

We present spectropolarimetric observations of the eclipsing cataclysmic variable 1H1752+08. Modelling of the line intensity and polarisation spectra of 1H1752+08 shows that the magnetic field structure of the white dwarf is off-centre and the mean photospheric field strength is about 7 MG, the lowest measured in a cataclysmic variable (CV). We argue that 1H1752+08 is most probably a low-field AM Herculis system.

Type
Gallactic and Stellar
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1995

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