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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 452, Issue 3, Pages 955-958Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20054748
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stars : novae, cataclysmic variables; stars : individual : RX J1554.2+2721; radiation mechanisms : thermal; accretion, accretion disks; while dwarfs; binaries : close
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We report the detection of a 110MG cyclotron harmonic in the SDSS-spectrum of the magnetic cataclysmic variable (MCV) RX J1554.2+2721. This feature was noted earlier by others but remained unexplained. The wide spectral coverage of the new spectrum together with the earlier detection of a Zeeman split Ly alpha line in a field of 144 MG makes the identification almost unambiguous. We propose to explain the non-conforming UV-optical photospheric temperature of the white dwarf by an as yet unobserved cyclotron component in the ultraviolet which also could significantly contribute to the overall energy balance of the accretion process.
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