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Szkody, P., Loohuis, C. O., Koplitz, B., van Roestel, J., Dicenzo, B., Ho, A. Y. Q., . . . Walters, R. (2021). Cataclysmic Variables in the Second Year of the Zwicky Transient Facility. Astronomical Journal, 162(3), Article ID 94.
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2021 (English)In: Astronomical Journal, ISSN 0004-6256, E-ISSN 1538-3881, Vol. 162, no 3, article id 94Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Using a filter in the GROWTH Marshal based on color and the amplitude and timescale of variability, we have identified 372 objects as known or candidate cataclysmic variables (CVs) during the second year of the operation of the Zwicky Transient Facility. From the available difference imaging data, we found that 93 are previously confirmed CVs and 279 are strong candidates. Spectra of four of the candidates confirm them as CVs by the presence of Balmer emission lines, while one of the four has prominent He ii lines indicative of containing a magnetic white dwarf. Gaia EDR3 parallaxes are available for 154 of these systems, resulting in distances from 108–2096 pc and absolute magnitudes in the range of 7.5–15.0, with the largest number of candidates between 10.5 and 12.5. The total numbers are 21% higher than from the previous year of the survey with a greater number of distances available but a smaller percentage of systems close to the Galactic plane. Comparison of these findings with a machine-learning method of searching all the light curves reveals large differences in each data set related to the parameters involved in the search process.

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urn:nbn:se:su:diva-198310 (URN)10.3847/1538-3881/ac0efb (DOI)000683560700001 ()
Available from: 2021-11-08 Created: 2021-11-08 Last updated: 2022-02-25Bibliographically approved
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