Statistical properties of dwarf novae-type cataclysmic variables: the outburst catalogue
Abstract
The outburst catalogue contains a wide variety of observational properties for 722 dwarf nova (DN)-type cataclysmic variables (CVs) and 309 CVs of other types from the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey. In particular, it includes the apparent outburst and quiescent V-band magnitudes, duty cycles, limits on the recurrence time, upper and lower limits on the distance and absolute quiescent magnitudes, colour information, orbital parameters and X-ray counterparts. These properties were determined by means of a classification script presented in this paper. The DN in the catalogue show a correlation between the outburst duty cycle and the orbital period (and outburst recurrence time), as well as between the quiescent absolute magnitude and the orbital period (and duty cycle). This is the largest sample of DN properties collected to date. Besides serving as a useful reference for individual systems and a means of selecting objects for targetted studies, it will prove valuable for statistical studies that aim to shed light on the formation and evolution of cataclysmic variables.
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© 2016 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. Accepted 2015 December 10. Received 2015 December 9; in original form 2015 December 1. First published online January 19, 2016. This publication makes use of data products from the WISE, which is a joint project of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. We have made use of the ROSAT Data Archive of the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) at Garching, Germany. Data products from the 2MASS, which is a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation are used. We have also made use of data products obtained with XMM–Newton, an ESA science mission with instruments and contributions directly funded by ESA Member States and NASA. This work is based in part on data obtained as part of the UKIDSS. This research has also used data obtained from the Chandra Source Catalog, provided by the Chandra X-ray Center (CXC) as part of the Chandra Data Archive.Attached Files
Published - MNRAS-2016-Coppejans-4441-54.pdf
Submitted - 1512.03821v1.pdf
Supplemental Material - README.csv
Supplemental Material - outburst_catalogue.csv
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