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Magnetic CV

 

Catalog

MAGNETIC CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES (CVs)

What is a Magnetic CV? Magnetic cataclysmic variables (CVs) are binary star systems that contain a white dwarf with a magnetic field that is strong enough to control the accretion flow from a late type Roche-lobe secondary. Late type secondaries are cooler stars with spectral types such as K and M.
This site contains the catalogue of the known Magnetic CVs.

CLASSIFICATIONS

Each magnetic cataclysmic variable binary (mCV) is categorized as either a polar or an intermediate polar (IP). The polars are further divided the disjoint sub-classes of synchronous polars (P), asynchronous polars (AP), and the low luminosity/pre-polars (LP) also known as Low Accretion-Rate Polars (LARPs).

The intermediate polars are divided into the normal  IPs (IP), the transitional IPs (TIP), and the low-luminosity IPs (LIP). Several polars and intermediate polars have been the site of a novae eruption, designated by N and/or dwarf novae eruptions, designated by DN in the catalog.

The disjoint sets, as defined for this catalog, are described as follows:

This is an observational database with links and detailed information of known Magnetic CVs.

P = Synchronous Polars

These polars have a white dwarf spin period that is equal to the binary orbital period. This is because the white dwarf's magnetic field is strong enough to synchronous the white dwarf's rotation to the binary orbit.

AP = Asynchronous Polars

These polars have a white dwarf spin period that are up to a few percent different (longer or shorter) than the binary orbital period. These are probable only temporary APs as they all are moving towards synchronization.

LP = Low Accretion Rate Polars/ Pre-Polars

These polars show evidence for strong magnetic fields but very low level accretion and some may be evolving to become polars for the first time. The latter are called pre-polars.

IP = Intermediate Polars

The white dwarf magnetic field is not strong enough to disrupt the accretion disk in nearly all of the intermediate polars. The white dwarf spin period often spins much faster than the binary orbital period. This is due to  mass accretion from the disk along the magnetic field lines that results in the spin-up of the white dwarf.

LIP = Low Luminosity Intermediate Polars

These IPs accrete at a much lower rates than the normal IPs.

TIP = Transitional Intermediate Polars

These IPs are undergoing a transition from an IP to a polar. They have white dwarf rotation rates that are not too different than their orbital periods. They are the only IPs to have magnetic fields similar to polars, as measured by polarization and some TIPs, accrete by a stream rather than a disk or combination of a disk and stream.

RRIP =  Rapidly Rotation Intermediate Polars

These IPs are defined as being those with a white dwarf spin period of less than 4 minutes. This makes them potentially related to propeller binaries, especially AE Aqr, which eject much of the material transferred from the donor star out of the binary system, rather than being accreted onto the white dwarf. 

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Name
Other Name
Right Ascension (RA)
Declination (DEC)
Orbital Period (hr)
WD Spin Period (hr)
Distance (pc)
WD Mass (Solar Units)
Magnetic Field (mg)
Optical (V)
Finder Chart
J000511.8+6340
3XMM J000511.8+634018
00h 05m 11.86s
+63° 40' 18.55"
2.225
2.225
3943.9
V479 And
SDSS J001856.93+345444.3
00h 18m 56.93s
+34° 54' 44.23"
14.258
14.258
2027.9
1.25
17.1
EQ Cet
1RXS J012851.9-233931, RBS 206
01h 28m 52.54s
-23° 39' 43.96"
1.547
1.547
283.3
45, 34
17.6
CV Hyi
RX J0132.7-6554; 1RXS J013242.8-655434
01h 32m 43.38s
-65° 54' 37.30"
1.297
1.297
550
68
BL Hyi
H 0139-68, 2 EUVE J0140-67.8
01h 41m 00.40s
-67° 53' 27.47"
1.894
1.894
129.3
0.71
23
17.2
J0154-5947
RX J0154.0-5947; 1RXS J014100.4-675332
01h 54m 00.93s
-59° 47' 49.10"
1.482
1.482
321.1
0.75
15.8
FL Cet
1RXS J015543.3+002817; SDSSp J015543+002807
01h 55m 43.40s
+00° 28' 07.16"
1.452
1.452
317.59
0.5
29
18.6
AI Tri
RX J0203.8+2959; 1RXS J020348.7+295921
02h 03m 48.62s
+29° 59' 25.90"
4.602
4.602
513.06
38
15.8
BS Tri
RX J0209.4+2832; 1RXS J020928.9+283243
02h 09m 29.81s
+28° 32' 29.15"
1.605
1.605
277.12
17.9
Gaia 18aot
2RXS J021106.6+305426
02h 11m 07.99s
+30° 54' 6.96"
1.892
1.892
517.92
J0227+1306
2MASS J02273286+1306172
02h 24m 32.87s
+13° 06’ 17.08”
3.787
3.787
486.27
0.67
38, 18
17.8
CW Hyi
RBS0324; 1RXS J023052.9-684203
02h 30m 51.15s
-68° 42’ 05.44”
3.03
3.03
543.21
13
17.5
WW Hor
EXO 023432-5232.3; 1RXS J023610.9-521910
02h 36m 11.44s
-52° 19’ 13.94”
1.925
1.925
333.62
1.1
25
19.5
PT Per
3XMM J024251.2+564131
02h 42m 51.20s
+56° 41’ 31.25”
1.35
1.35
180.14
0.7
27, 25
18.3
J0257+3337
SDSS J025737.74+333750.5; J0257+3337
02h 57m 37.75s
+33° 37’ 50.52”
1.5
1.5
736.49
18.8
J0303+0054
US 3566; 2MASS J03030835+0054438
03h 03m 08.36s
+00° 54’ 43.93”
3.227
3.227
120.4
0.84
17.4
EF Eri
2A 0311-227; RX J0314.2-2236
03h 14m 13.25s
-22° 35’ 42.92”
1.35
1.35
160.26
0.9
21, 17
18.2
J0328+0522
CRTS J032855.0+052253; SDSS J032855.00+052254.1
03h 28m 55.02s
+05° 22’ 54.17”
2.033
2.033
968.92
0.75
39
19.9
VY For
EXO 0329-2606; For1; EUVE J0332-25.9
03h 32m 04.61s
-25° 56’ 55.06”
3.806
3.806
580.85
18.7
UZ For
EXO 033319-2554.2; RX J0335.4-2544
03h 35m 28.65s
-25° 44’ 21.77”
2.109
2.109
238.1
0.7
75, 53
16.6
J035011+3232
CRTS CSS091218 J035011+323230; CSS0350+3232
03h 50m 10.71s
+32° 32’ 29.60”
2.372
2.372
647.3
0.948
16.75-19.5
J0425-5714
EUVE J0425.6-5714: Dor; RX J0425.6-5714
04h 25m 38.61s
-57° 14’ 36.21”
1.43
1.43
548
50
17.1
IW Eri
RBS 0541; 1RXS J042555.8-194534
04h 25m 55.19s
-19° 45’ 30.49”
1.452
1.452
366.06
19.8
RS Cae
1RXS J045325.2-421335; RE J0453-42
04h 53m 25.55s
-42° 13’ 39.63”
1.702
1.702
1408.42
36
18.5-20.5
HY Eri
1RXS J050146.2-035927
05h 01m 46.40s
-03° 59’ 20.54”
2.855
2.855
1890.51
0.42
30, 28
20.2
J0502.8+1624
RX J0502.8+1624; Tau 4; 1RXS J050250.6+16242
05h 02m 50.95s
+16° 24’ 21.84”
3.106
3.106
217.08
18.8
V1309 Ori
Ori 1; RX J0515+0104
05h 15m 41.41s
+01° 04’ 40.81”
7.983
7.983
638.1
0.7
61
15.7
J0528+2838
RXS J052832.5+283824; IPHAS J0528+2838
05h 28m 32.68s
+28° 38' 37.73"
224.2
16.4
UW Pic
RX J0531-4624; 1RXS J053136.3-462406
05h 31m 35.65s
-46° 24' 04.96"
2.223
2.223
289.36
15.9
BY Cam
H 0538+608; SWIFT J0542.6+6051
05h 42m 48.80s
+60° 51' 31.38"
3.354
3.291
264.54
0.76
41, 28
15.0
J0600-2709
[BTR99] J060033.2-270919; 1RXS J060033.1-270918
06h 00m 33.29s
-27° 09’ 18.89”
1.284
1.284
1218.78
0.75
20
19.5
J0614-2725
MASTER OT J061451.70-272535.5
06h 14m 51.72s
-27° 25’ 35.42”
2.079
2.079
1129.53
0.68
J0649.8-0737
RX J0649.8-0737, Mon
06h 49m 50.92s
-07° 37’ 40.89”
4.347
4.347
581.4
0.8
44
17.1
J0658-1744
PBC J0658.0-1746; [FS2003] 0404; 2MASS J06580591-1744249
06h 58m 05.91s
-17° 44’ 24.97”
2.379
2.379
208.2
0.6
10
16.7
LW Cam
RX J0704.2+6203; 1RXS J070409.2+620330
07h 04m 10.03s
+62° 03’ 27.94”
1.621
1.621
548.55
24, 20
17.7
J0706+0325
SWIFT J0706.8+0325; PPMXL 3189652360374206258
07h 06m 48.93s
+03° 24’ 47.33”
1.704
1.704
206.24
17.1
V808 Aur
CRTS J071126.0+440405; 2MASS J07112601+4404051
07h 11m 26.01s
+44° 04’ 05.10”
1.953
1.953
213.32
0.86
51, 38
16.8
HS Cam
RX J0719.2+6557; 1RXS J071913.4+655734
07h 19m 14.52s
+65° 57’ 44.31”
1.637
1.637
437.95
0.85
18.8
V654 Aur
SDSSp J072910+365838; AAVSO 0722+37
07h 29m 10.69s
+36° 58’ 38.24”
2.496
2.496
1344.46
20.0
J0733+2619
RXS J073346.0+261933; SDSS J073346.27+261926.2
07h 33m 46.27s
+26° 19’ 26.30”
3.202
3.202
1334.44
18.3
J0749-0549
RX J0749.1-0549; 1RXS J074909.8-054933
07h 49m 10.40s
-05° 49’ 25.46”
3.672
3.672
1218.39
0.85
43.5
17.9
EU Lyn
SDSS J075240.45+362823.2; 2XMM J075240.4+362822
07h 52m 40.45s
+36° 28’ 23.22”
2.736
2.736
631.54
20.0
V516 Pup
RX J0803-4748; 2MASS J08034562-474844
08h 03m 45.60s
-47° 48’ 44.15”
2.285
2.285
456.36
39
18.2
J0810+0024
CSS J0810+0024; CRTS CSS100108 J081031+002429
08h 10m 30.61s
+00° 24’ 28.50”
1.936
1.936
1830.91
20.0
VV Pup
1E 0812-1854; 1RXS J081506.7-190310
08h 15m 06.80s
-19° 03’ 17.77”
1.674
1.674
135.26
0.73
56, 31.5
16.0
EG Lyn
1RXS J082051+493433; RBS 0696
08h 20m 51.08s
+49° 34’ 31.79”
1.656
1.656
870.38
20.3
J0837+3830
SDSS J083751.00+383012.5, CRTS J083750.9+383013
08h 37m 51.01s
+38° 30’ 12.59”
3.18
3.18
1066.13
65
18.9
J0838-2827
1RXS J083842.1-282723; DWV2017 J0838.8 X1
08h 38m 43.35s
-28° 27’ 01.14”
1.64
1.58
156
17.7
J0846+2453
SDSS J084617.11+245344.1; CRTS J084617.1+245343
08h 46m 17.11s
+24° 43’ 44.09”
4.64
4.51
1232.49
18.8
J0850+0443
ZTF18aczehur, eFEDS J085037.2+044359
08h 50m 37.20s
+04° 43’ 57.00”
1.72
1.72
1000
0.81
EU Cnc
M67-186; RX J085127+11467
08h 51m 27.18s
+11° 46’ 57.00”
2.09
2.09
2358.76
0.83
41
20.4
FR Lyn
1ES 0851+39.2; EUVE J0854+390
08h 54m 14.02s
+39° 05’ 37.35”
1.888
1.888
478.45
44
19.2
J0859+0536
RX J0859.1+0537; SDSS J085909.18+0536
08h 59m 09.18s
+05° 36’ 54.59”
2.397
2.397
440.87
0.61
35, 20
18.1
J0921+2038
CRTS J092122.8+203858; SDSS J092122.83+203857.0
09h 21m 22.84s
+20° 38’ 57.09”
1.404
1.404
705.95
32
20.4
HU Leo
2MASS J09244446+0801510; SDSS J092444.48+080150.9
09h 24m 44.48s
+08° 01’ 51.00”
2.187
2.187
550.75
18.8
HS 0922+1333
CRTS J092455.9+132052
09h 24m 55.93s
+13° 20’ 52.19”
4.04
4.04
163.93
0.71
81, 66
16.5
J0926+0105
eFEDS J092614.1+010558; ZTF J0926+0105
09h 26m 14.10s
+01° 05’ 58.00”
0.8
42, 36
MN Hya
CRTS J092455.9+132052; Hya 4
09h 29m 07.03s
-24° 05’ 05.42”
3.39
3.39
630.49
0.58
20
17.2
J0953+1457
RX J0953.1+1458; 1RXS J095308.6+145841
09h 53m 08.20s
+14° 58’ 36.44”
1.721
1.721
410.99
0.63
30
18.5
J1002-1925
1RXS J100211.4-192534; RE J1002-19
10h 02m 11.73s
-19° 25’ 37.27”
1.666
1.666
847.57
0.82
33
17.7
J1007-2017
RX J1007.5-2017; RE J1007-20
10h 07m 34.65s
-20° 17’ 32.65”
3.477
3.477
712.6
94
18.0
GG Leo
RX J1007.5-2017; 1RXS J100734.4-201731; RBS0842
10h 15m 34.68s
+09° 04’ 41.99”
1.331
1.331
258.07
1.13
23
18.4
V381 Vel
RX J1016.9-4103; 1RXS J101659.4-41033
10h 16m 59.01s
-41° 03’ 44.24”
490.863
17.6
WX LMi
HS 1023+3900; SDSS J102627.48+384502.4
10h 26m 27.49s
+38° 45’ 02.66”
2.328
2.328
96.78
0.71
70, 61
16.3
IL Leo
SDSS J103100.55+202832.1
10h 31m 00.56s
+20° 28’ 32.34”
1.37
1.37
524.94
42
19.3
FH UMa
RX J1047.1+6335; RBS0904; 1RXS J104710.3+633522
10h 47m 09.88s
+63° 35’ 13.60”
1.336
1.336
590
20
18.8
EK UMa
1E 1048.5+5421; RX J1051.5+5404; RBS 911
10h 51m 35.16s
+54° 04’ 36.11”
1.909
1.909
753.86
47
18.9
J1059+2727
SDSS J105905.07+272755.5
10h 59m 05.07s
+27° 27’ 55.42”
895.17
57
20.4
AN UMa
2XMM J110425.7+450313; 2E 1101.5+4519
11h 04m 25.66s
+45° 03’ 13.94”
1.914
1.914
333.42
1
36, 29
16.6
ST LMi
WD 1102+253; SDSS J110539.77+250628.6; CW 1103+254
11h 05m 39.77s
+25° 06’ 28.75”
1.898
1.898
114.23
0.76
21, 12
16.2
AR UMa
1ES 1113+43.2; RX J1115.6+4258; CSO 1153
11h 15m 44.59s
+42° 58’ 22.43”
1.932
1.932
98.62
240, 160<
16.2
DP Leo
1ES 1113+43.2; RX J1115.6+4258; CSO 1153
11h 17m 15.92s
+17° 57’ 41.69”
1.497
1.497
320.31
0.71
59, 30.5
18.6
V1033 Ce
RX J1141.3-6410; PBC J1141.2-6409
11h 41m 22.74s
-64° 10’ 14.36”
3.156
3.156
265.09
30
14.8
EU UMa
RX J1149.9+2844; EUVE J1149+28.7
11h 49m 55.70s
+28° 45’ 07.30”
1.502
1.502
286.94
1.2
43
18.9
J1206+5100
SDSS J120615.73+510047.0; WD 1203+512
12h 06m 15.74s
+51° 00’ 47.22”
3.784
3.784
301.59
0.21
108
18.6
V379 Vir
WD 1209+018; SDSS J121209.30+013627.7
12h 12m 9.31s
+01° 36’ 27.77”
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