Published August 1, 1979
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Journal article
2A 0526-328: An X-ray--emitting cataclysmic variable
- 1. Space Sciences Laboratory and Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley
Description
We identify the weak hard X-ray source 2A 0526--328 with a previously unknown cataclysmic variable on the basis of its optical emission-line spectrum and a precise X-ray location. This Vapprox.14 mag star has spectral properties similar to dwarf novae at minimum light and AM Her, but shows no polarization. It is likely to be a Z Camelopardalis-type system in a very extended stand-still (i.e., ''nova-like'' or UX Ursae Majoris--type) or a recurrent nova that has not erupted in recent times
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Astrophys. J., Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 231
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Astrophys. J., Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- L131-L135
- ISSN
- 0571-7248
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 11512061
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES; EMISSION SPECTRA; NOVAE; X-RAY SPECTRA
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMIC RAY SOURCES; ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS; SPECTRA; STARS; VARIABLE STARS