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Title: | Unambiguous Detection of Reflection in Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables: Joint NuSTAR-XMM-Newton Observations of Three Intermediate Polars | Authors: | Mukai, K. Rana, V. BERNARDINI, Federico DE MARTINO, Domitilla |
Issue Date: | 2015 | Journal: | THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | Number: | 807 | Issue: | 2 | First Page: | L30 | Abstract: | In magnetic cataclysmic variables (CVs), X-ray emission regions are located close to the white dwarf surface, which is expected to reflect a significant fraction of intrinsic X-rays above 10 keV, producing a Compton reflection hump. However, up to now, a secure detection of this effect in magnetic CVs has largely proved elusive because of the limited sensitivity of non-imaging X-ray detectors. Here we report our analysis of joint NuSTAR-XMM-Newton observations of three magnetic CVs, V709 Cas, NY Lup, and V1223 Sgr. The improved hard X-ray sensitivity of the imaging NuSTAR data has resulted in the first robust detection of Compton hump in all three objects, with amplitudes of ̃1 or greater in NY Lup, and likely <1.0 in the other two. We also confirm earlier reports of a strong spin modulation above 10 keV in V709 Cas, and we report the first detection of small spin amplitudes in the others. We interpret this as due to different height of the X-ray emitting region among these objects. A height of ̃0.2 white dwarf radii provides a plausible explanation for the low reflection amplitude of V709 Cas. Since emission regions above both poles are visible at certain spin phases, this can also explain the strong hard X-ray spin modulation. A shock height of ̃0.05 white dwarf radii can explain our results on V1223 Sgr, while the shock height in NY Lup appears negligible. | Acknowledgments: | This research has made use of data obtained with the NuSTAR mission, a project led by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and funded by NASA. We acknowledge financial support from NASA under XMM-Newton grant NNX15AK63G and from ASI/INAF contract I/037/12/0. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/23429 | URL: | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2041-8205/807/2/L30 | ISSN: | 0004-637X | DOI: | 10.1088/2041-8205/807/2/L30 | Bibcode ADS: | 2015ApJ...807L..30M | Fulltext: | open |
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