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X-ray Luminosity Versus Orbital Period of AM CVn Systems

Maccarone, T. J.; Begari, T.

AM CVn systems are a rare type of cataclysmic variable star consisting of a white dwarf accreting material from a low-mass, hydrogen-poor donor star. These helium-rich systems usually have orbital periods that are less than 65 minutes and are predicted to be sources of gravitational waves. We have analyzed the catalogued x-ray data from the Chandr…