Polarimetry and spectroscopy of RX J1141.3-6410: a single-pole AM Her system
Date
2000
Authors
Buckley, D
Cropper, Mark
van der Heyden, Kurt
Potter, S B
Wickramasinghe, Dayal
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Abstract
We present polarimetric and spectroscopic observations of the ROSAT source RX J1141.3-6410, recently identified as a polar. The detection of circular polarization variations, with an amplitude of 10 per cent, over a 3.16-h period confirms that the system
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Keywords: Binaries: close; Novae, cataclysmic variables; Polarization; Stars: individual: RX J1141.3-6410; X-rays: stars
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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