Discovering interacting binaries with Hα surveys

Andrew Witham; Christian Knigge; Janet Drew; Paul Groot; Robert Greimel; Quentin Parker

doi:10.1063/1.2130305

Discovering interacting binaries with Hα surveys

Andrew Witham^*, Christian Knigge, Janet Drew, Paul Groot, Robert Greimel, Quentin Parker

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A deep (R ∼ 19.5) photographic Hα Survey of the southern Galactic Plane was recently completed using the UK Schmidt Telescope at the AAO. In addition, we have recently started a similar, CCD-based survey of the northern Galactic Plane using the Wide Field Camera on the INT. Both surveys aim to provide information on many types of emission line objects, such as planetary nebulae, luminous blue variables and interacting binaries. Here, we focus specifically on the ability of Hα emission line surveys to discover cataclysmic variables (CVs). Follow-up observations have already begun, and we present initial spectra of a candidate CV discovered by these surveys. We also present results from analyzing the properties of known CVs in the Southern Survey. By calculating the recovery rate of these objects, we estimate the efficiency of Hα-based searches in finding CVs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interacting binaries accretion, evolution, and outcomes American institue of physics conference proceedings
Place of Publication	Woodbury. NY
Publisher	American Institute of Physics
Pages	643-646
Number of pages	4
Volume	797
ISBN (Print)	0735402868, 9780735402867
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2130305
Publication status	Published - 21 May 2005
Event	Interacting binaries: accretion, evolution, and outcomes - Cefalu, Sicily, Italy Duration: 4 Jul 2004 → 10 Jul 2004

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Other	Interacting binaries
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Cefalu, Sicily
Period	4/07/04 → 10/07/04

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Cataclysmic variables
Galactic surveys
Ha
Interacting binaries

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Witham, A, Knigge, C, Drew, J, Groot, P, Greimel, R & Parker, Q 2005, Discovering interacting binaries with Hα surveys. in Interacting binaries accretion, evolution, and outcomes American institue of physics conference proceedings. vol. 797, American Institute of Physics, Woodbury. NY, pp. 643-646, Interacting binaries, Cefalu, Sicily, Italy, 4/07/04. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2130305

Discovering interacting binaries with Hα surveys. / Witham, Andrew; Knigge, Christian; Drew, Janet et al.
Interacting binaries accretion, evolution, and outcomes American institue of physics conference proceedings. Vol. 797 Woodbury. NY: American Institute of Physics, 2005. p. 643-646.

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