SDSS J134441.83+204408.3: A Highly Asynchronous Short-period Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable with a 56 MG Field Strength
(2023)
Journal Article
Littlefield, C., Mason, P. A., Garnavich, P., Szkody, P., Thorstensen, J., Scaringi, S., …Wells, N. (2023). SDSS J134441.83+204408.3: A Highly Asynchronous Short-period Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable with a 56 MG Field Strength. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 943(2), Article L24. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acaf04
When the accreting white dwarf in a magnetic cataclysmic variable star (mCV) has a field strength in excess of 10 MG, it is expected to synchronize its rotational frequency to the binary orbit frequency, particularly at small binary separations, due... Read More about SDSS J134441.83+204408.3: A Highly Asynchronous Short-period Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable with a 56 MG Field Strength.