Open AccessIndirect imaging of the accretion stream in eclipsing polars – IV. V895 Cen
Author(s) -
Salvi Nikita,
Ramsay Gavin,
Cropper Mark,
Buckley D. A. H.,
Stobie R. S.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05216.x
Subject(s) - physics , white dwarf , astrophysics , intermediate polar , accretion (finance) , astronomy , polar , accretion disc , stars
We present spectroscopic and high‐speed photometric data of the eclipsing polar V895 Cen. We find that the eclipsed component is consistent with it being the accretion regions on the white dwarf. This is in contrast to Stobie et al. who concluded that the eclipsed component was not the white dwarf. Further, we find no evidence for an accretion disc in our data. From our Doppler tomography results, we find that the white dwarf has M ≳0.7 M ⊙ . Our indirect imaging of the accretion stream suggests that the stream is brightest close to the white dwarf. When we observed V895 Cen in its highest accretion state, emission was concentrated along field lines leading to the upper pole. There is no evidence for enhanced emission at the magnetic coupling region.