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The detection of the donor star in IY UMa

Daniel J. Rolfe, Timothy M. C. Abbott, Carole A. Haswell

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0204177

Abstract

We present the results of a search for the donor star in the high inclination SU UMa type cataclysmic variable IY UMa. We detect absorption features in the near infrared consistent with an M type dwarf donor star. Using the skew mapping technique to exploit the velocity information provided by the 8183-8194 Angstrom Na I absorption doublet, we locate the absorption at the expected donor velocity of IY UMa.

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