By analyzing the data from the Spektr-RG (SRG) space observatory and from the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), astronomers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and elsewhere have discovered two new polars. The discovery is reported in a paper published June 9 on the arXiv pre-print repository.
led by Caltech's Antonio C. Rodriguez has found two new polars, which received designation ZTFJ0850+0443 and ZTFJ0926+0105. The detection is a result of crossmatching the eROSITA Final Equatorial Depth Survey catalog with forced photometry of ZTF Data Release 5 .
"We have discovered two polars: ZTFJ0850+0443 and ZTFJ0926+0105, through a crossmatch of the eFEDS dataset and ZTF archival photometry," the researchers wrote in the paper.of 1.72 hours, at a distance of some 3,260 light years away from the Earth. Its white dwarf has a mass of about 0.81 solar masses, while the companion star's mass was estimated to be approximately 0.12 solar masses.
The astronomers concluded that their discovery shows how important the eFEDS survey is in supplementing ZTF for the detection of new cataclysmic variables. Moreover, they added that by making use of ESA's Gaia satellite, it will be possible to obtain precise luminosities of the newfound polars. The recent Gaia Data Release 3 , published June 13, may be very useful in this context.
"Schwope et al identified an eclipsing polar through an eROSITA/SRG crossmatch with Gaia using a proprietary eRASS dataset," the scientists noted. The research conducted by Rodriguez's team is part of a larger follow-up analysis of the eFEDS/ZTF footprint. Such studies could be useful in overcoming observational biases in previous optical-only searches for cataclysmic variables, and would directly lead to accurate volume-limited studies of CVs.Antonio C. Rodriguez et al, Discovery of Two Polars from a Crossmatch of ZTF and the SRG/eFEDS X-ray Catalog. arXiv:2206.04714v1 [astro-ph.
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