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Mereghetti, S, La Palombara, N, Kupfer, T, Marsh, TR, Copperwheat, CM, Deshmukh, K, Esposito, P, Maccarone, T, Pintore, F, Rigoselli, M, Rivera Sandoval, L and Tiengo, A (2022) X-Ray Observation of the Roche-lobe-filling White Dwarf plus Hot Subdwarf System ZTF J213056.71+442046.5. Astrophysical Journal, 931 (1). ISSN 0004-637X
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Abstract
ZTF J213056.71+442046.5 is the prototype of a small class of recently discovered compact binaries composed of a white dwarf and a hot subdwarf that fills its Roche lobe. Its orbital period of only 39 minutes is the shortest known for the objects in this class. Evidence for a high orbital inclination (i = 86°) and for the presence of an accretion disk has been inferred from a detailed modeling of its optical photometric and spectroscopic data. We report the results of an XMM-Newton observation carried out on 2021 January 7. ZTF J213056.71+442046.5 was clearly detected by the Optical Monitor, which showed a periodic variability in the UV band (200-400 nm), with a light curve similar to that seen at longer wavelengths. Despite accretion on the white dwarf at an estimated rate of the order of 10-9 M ⊙yr-1, no X-rays were detected with the EPIC instrument, with a limit of ∼1030 erg s-1 on the 0.2-12 keV luminosity. We discuss possible explanations for the lack of a strong X-ray emission from this system.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences; 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics; 0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural); Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
| Divisions: | Astrophysics Research Institute |
| Publisher: | American Astronomical Society; IOP Publishing |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Nov 2022 16:25 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Nov 2022 16:30 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.3847/1538-4357/ac686e |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/18175 |
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