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PI: Peter Garnavich, University of Notre Dame, pgarnavi@nd.edu
Address: Physics Department, 225 Nieuwland Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
CoI: Katie Thorne, University of Notre Dame
Title: A New Polar with a Very Low Accretion Rate
Abstract:
We propose to study a new magnetic cataclysmic variable that was
discovered in outburst, but is now accreting at a very low rate. From
the spectroscopy we will measure the masses of the primary and secondary
stars, the accretion rate and the estimate the strength of the magnetic
field on the white dwarf primary. We will also study variations the
secondary mass loss rate on 10 minute time scales.
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