X-Ray Emission from Non-Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables

van der Woerd, H.

Netherlands

Abstract

EXOSAT observations of a large sample of non-magnetic cataclysmic variables have led to the detection of VW Hyi and OY Car as strong soft X-ray sources during superoutburst. The spectral characteristics of the X-ray emission of these SU Uma systems are compared. It is proposed that both systems have, besides a cool, optically thick boundary layer, an extended hot, optically thin corona.

1987 Astrophysics and Space Science
Exosat 8