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Spectropolarimetry of CV’s; Signatures of Magnetic Fields in Accretion Flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Danny Steeghs  and
Keith Horne
Danny Steeghs
Affiliation:
Physics & Astronomy, North Haugh, St.Andrews, Fife KYI6 9SS, Scotland
Keith Horne
Affiliation:
Physics & Astronomy, North Haugh, St.Andrews, Fife KYI6 9SS, Scotland

Abstract

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We present preliminary results of spectropolarimetric observations of several cataclysmic variables using the ISIS spectropolarimeter on the 4.2m William Hershell Telescope at La Palma. Our aim is to look for Zeeman signatures of magnetic fields in cataclysmic variables. This would provide a direct measurement of magnetic fields in the accretion flows of CVs. Our current dataset allows us to set upper limits to the presence of magnetic fields and constrain the field geometry in different types of cataclysmic variables.

Type
Part 9. Accretion Curtains and Funnels
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 163: Accretion Phenomena and Related Outflows , 1997 , pp. 418 - 419
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1997