Multiwavelength Characterization of a New Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable 2CXO J050740.7-091337

Abstract

We report the discovery and characterization of a new cataclysmic variable (CV), 2CXO J050740.7-091337 (hereafter 2CXO J0507), identified using the X-ray main sequence through a cross-match between the Chandra Source Catalogue 2.1 and Gaia DR3. Optical spectroscopic follow-up with Keck I/LRIS reveals prominent cyclotron humps and Balmer emission lines, indicating a strongly magnetized white dwarf with a magnetic field strength of $B\approx 30$ MG. Analysis of Chandra and XMM-Newton archival data shows an X-ray luminosity of $L_X=(5.18\pm 0.88)\times 10^{30}$ erg s${}^{-1}$ (0.3-10 keV). The X-ray spectrum is well approximated by a thermal plasma emission model with a temperature of $kT=7.95_{-1.85}^{+3.84}$ keV, showing no soft excess or intrinsic absorption. 2CXO J0507 exhibits long-term optical variability by $\approx 2$ mag (ranging $\approx 18-20$ mag) in Zwicky Transient Facility and Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System photometric data. Both X-ray and optical modulation suggest an orbital period of 2.34 hr. These properties indicate that 2CXO J0507 is a magnetic CV, most closely resembling a polar. As 2CXO J0507 sits close to the faint limit of current optical time-domain surveys, it serves as a representative example of the large population of faint, magnetic CVs expected to be systematically identified by the Rubin Observatory.

10 pages, 5 figures, 1 table. Published in PASP

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