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Title:
The X-Ray Eclipse of the Dwarf Nova HT Cassiopeiae: Results from ASCA and ROSAT HRI Observations
Authors:
Mukai, Koji; Wood, Janet H.; Naylor, Tim; Schlegel, Eric M.; Swank, Jean H.
Publication:
Astrophysical Journal v.475, p.812 (ApJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
02/1997
Origin:
APJ
ApJ Keywords:
STARS: BINARIES: ECLIPSING, STARS: NOVAE, CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES, STARS: INDIVIDUAL CONSTELLATION NAME: HT CASSIOPEIAE, X-RAYS: STARS
DOI:
10.1086/303571
Bibliographic Code:
1997ApJ...475..812M

Abstract

We report on a 1 day ASCA observation and ROSAT HRI observations of the eclipsing dwarf nova HT Cas. The presence of the X-ray eclipse, originally detected in a ROSAT PSPC observation, is confirmed at a much higher significance level. The quality of the ASCA light curve is high enough to allow detailed investigation of the eclipse depth, width, and shape. The eclipse is found to be deep, compatible with being total. The eclipse width is comparable to that of the white dwarf, as derived from optical light curves, and in fact may be narrower. The eclipse transition is also found to be short, which puts a limit of 1.15 times the white dwarf radius as the total size of the X-ray emission region. The out-of-eclipse spectrum of HT Cas is found to be consistent with a single temperature (kT ~ 10 keV), absorbed (NH ~ 3.3 x 1021 cm-2), thermal model.
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