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SDSS J134441.83+204408.3: A highly asynchronous, short-period magnetic cataclysmic variable with a 56 MG field strength
Colin Littlefield, Paul A. Mason, Peter Garnavich +6
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…
A magnetic valve at L1 revealed in TESS photometry of the asynchronous polar BY Cam
Paul A. Mason, Colin Littlefield, Lorena C. Monroy +7
We present TESS photometry of the asynchronous polar BY Cam, which undergoes a beat-cycle between the 199.384-min white dwarf (WD) spin period and the 201.244-min orbital period. T…
Locating the flickering source in polars
Krystian Ilkiewicz, Simone Scaringi, Colin Littlefield +1
Flickering is a fast variability observed in all accreting systems. It has been shown that in most cataclysmic variables flickering originates in the accretion disc. However, in po…
Short Duration Accretion States of Polars as seen in TESS and ZTF data
C. Duffy, G. Ramsay, Kinwah Wu +4
Polars are highly magnetic cataclysmic variables which have been long observed to have both high and low brightness states. The duration of these states has been previously seen to…
Characteristics of the Permanent Superhumps in V533 Herculis
McKenna Leichty, Peter Garnavich, Colin Littlefield +2
We analyze two sectors of TESS photometry of the nova-like cataclysmic variable star V533 Her. We detect a periodicity consistent with the binary orbital period and estimate a revi…
Kepler K2 and TESS observations of two magnetic cataclysmic variables: The new asynchronous polar SDSS J084617.11+245344.1 and Paloma
Colin Littlefield, D. W. Hoard, Peter Garnavich +7
There have been relatively few published long-duration, uninterrupted light curves of magnetic cataclysmic variable stars in which the accreting white dwarf's rotational frequency…