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Hard X-ray and Optical Activity of Intermediate Polars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2012

Rudolf Gális
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Institute of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, P. J. Šafárik University, Park Angelinum 9, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia email: rudolf.galis@upjs.sk
Ladislav Hric
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, 059 60 Tatranská Lomnica, Slovakia
Emil Kundra
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, 059 60 Tatranská Lomnica, Slovakia
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Abstract

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Intermediate polars represent a major fraction of all cataclysmic variables detected by INTEGRAL in hard X-rays. Nevertheless, only 25% of all known intermediate polars have been was detected in hard X-rays. This fact can be related to the activity state of these close interacting binaries. Multi-frequency (optical to X-ray) investigation of intermediate polars is essential to understand the physical mechanisms responsible for the observed activity of these objects.

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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