Abstract
We present the results of MeerKAT radio observations of 11 nearby nova-like cataclysmic variables (CVs). We have detected radio emission from IM Eri, RW Sex, V3885 Sgr, and V603 Aql. While RW Sex, V3885 Sgr, and V603 Aql had been previously detected, this is the first reported radio detection of IM Eri. Our observations have doubled the sample of non-magnetic CVs with sensitive radio data. We observe that at our radio detection limits, a specific optical luminosity ≳2.2× 1018 erg s-1 Hz-1 (corresponding to MV ≲ 6.0) is required to produce a radio detection. We also observe that the X-ray and radio luminosities of our detected nova-like CVs are on an extension of the LXλ LR∼ 0.7 power law originally proposed for non-pulsating neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries. We find no other correlations between the radio emission and emission in other wavebands or any other system parameters for the existing sample of radio-detected non-magnetic CVs. We measure in-band (0.9-1.7 GHz) radio spectral indices that are consistent with reports from earlier work. Finally, we constructed broad spectral energy distributions for our sample from published multiwavelength data, and use them to place constraints on the mass transfer rates of these systems.
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2542-2557 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Volume | 496 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 17 Jun 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:DMH acknowledges financial support from the National Research Foundation (NRF) and the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO). PAW kindly acknowledges financial support from the University of Cape Town and the NRF. MLP acknowledges financial support from the NRF and the Newton Fund. JCAM-J is the recipient of an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT140101082), funded by the Australian government. This work was supported by the Oxford Centre for Astrophysical Surveys, which is funded through generous support from the Hintze Family Charitable Foundation.
Funding Information:
This publication has used data products from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, which is a joint project of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, funded by NASA.
Funding Information:
This work has used data from the European Space Agency (ESA) mission Gaia (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, https:// www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/dpac/consortium). Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral Agreement.
Funding Information:
This publication has used data products from the Two Micron All Sky Survey, which is a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology, funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Keywords
- X-rays: binaries
- accretion, accretion discs
- novae, cataclysmic variables
- radio continuum: stars
- stars: jets
- white dwarfs