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RX J0719.2+6557: A New Eclipsing Polar

G. Tovmassian, J. Greiner, F. -J. Zickgraf, P. Kroll, J. Krautter, I. Thiering, A. Serrano

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9609166

Abstract

A new magnetic, eclipsing cataclysmic variable is identified as the counterpart of the X-ray source RX J0719.2+6557 detected during the ROSAT all-sky survey. The relative phasing of photometric and spectroscopic periods indicates a self-eclipsing system. Doppler tomography points to the heated surface of the secondary as a strong source of emission and of diskless accretion. Near-infrared spectroscopy revealed two unusual strong emission features originating on the heated side of the secondary.

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