THE X-RAY-PROPERTIES OF AM CANUM-VENATICORUM

Authors
ULLA A
Citation
A. Ulla, THE X-RAY-PROPERTIES OF AM CANUM-VENATICORUM, Astronomy and astrophysics, 301(2), 1995, pp. 469-477
Citations number
47
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astronomy and astrophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00046361
Volume
301
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
469 - 477
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(1995)301:2<469:TXOAC>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Archival X-ray observations of AM CVn are analysed and the obtained re sults are presented. Its once reported Ariel V hard X-ray emission det ection is discarded in the light of the new data. In particular, soft X-rays are unambiguously detected for the first time by the ROSAT Sate llite. X-ray luminosities of the order of only 10(29) erg s(-1) are de rived, posing some constraints on the possible nature of AM CVn. The i mplications following our analysis are discussed in the cataclysmic va riables' context.