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X-Ray Observations of Cataclysmic Variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J.P. Osborne
J.P. Osborne*
Affiliation:
EXOSAT Observatory, ESOC, Darmstadt, F.R.G.

Abstract

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The X-ray observatory EXOSAT spent over 1000 hours observing cataclysmic variables. Some of the major results reviewed here are: soft X-ray light curve changes in AM Her objects, orbital effects in the X-ray light curves of intermediate polars and U Gem, regular behaviour in the inter-outburst X-ray flux of VW Hyi, and X-ray emission from the tenuous remnant of the recent recurrent nova RS Oph. The ability of EXOSAT to make long uninterupted observations at high sensitivity over a broad spectral range and to react quickly to cosmic events has yielded a dataset of a quality that will not be surpassed for many years.

Type
III. UV and X-Ray Observations
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 93: Cataclysmic Variables: Recent Multi-Frequency Observations and Theoretical Developments , 1987 , pp. 207 - 223
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987

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