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Determining the masses of white dwarfs in magnetic cataclysmic variables from x-ray observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Kinwah Wu ,
Mark Cropper  and
Gavin Ramsay
Kinwah Wu
Affiliation:
RCfTA, School of Physics University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Mark Cropper
Affiliation:
MSSL, University College London Holmbury St. Mary, Surrey, RH5 6NT, United Kingdom
Gavin Ramsay
Affiliation:
MSSL, University College London Holmbury St. Mary, Surrey, RH5 6NT, United Kingdom

Abstract

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A method to determine the masses of white dwarfs in magnetic cataclysmic variables from X-ray observations is presented. The method is appropriate for both eclipsing and non-eclipsing systems, for it is insensitive to the orbital inclination of the systems.

Type
Stellar Masses and Surface Gravities
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 189: Fundamental Stellar Properties: The Interaction Between Observation and Theory , 1997 , pp. 115 - 118
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1997 

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