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Optical identification and follow-up observations of SRGA J213151.5+491400 -- a new magnetic cataclysmic variable discovered with SRG Observatory
We report results of optical identification and multi-wavelength study of a
new polar-type magnetic cataclysmic variable (MCV), SRGA J213151.5+491400,
discovered by Spectrum Roentgen-Gamma () observatory in the course of the
all-sky survey. We present optical data from telescopes in Turkey (RTT-150 and
T100 at the T\"UBITAK National Observatory), and in Russia (6-m and 1-m at SAO
RAS), together with the X-ray data obtained with and
telescopes aboard and the observatory. We detect SRGA
J213151.5+491400 in a high state in 2020 (17.9 mag) that decreases about 3 mag
into a low state (21 mag) in 2021. We find only one significant period using
optical photometric time series analysis which reveals the white dwarf
spin/orbital period to be 0.059710(1) days (85.982 min). The long slit
spectroscopy in the high state yields a power law continuum increasing towards
the blue with a prominent He II line along with the Balmer line emissions with
no cyclotron humps; consistent with MCV nature. Doppler Tomography confirms the
polar nature revealing ballistic stream accretion along with magnetic stream
during the high state. These characteristics show that the new source is a
polar-type MCV. detections yield an X-ray flux of
(4.0-7.0)10 erg cm s in the high state.
detects a dominating hot plasma component (kT 21 keV in the
high state) declining to (4.0-6.0)10 erg cm s in
2021 (low state). The data obtained in the low state reveal a two-pole
accretor showing a soft X-ray component at (6-7) significance with a
blackbody temperature of 15-18 eV. A soft X-ray component has never been
detected for a polar in the low state before.Comment: 16 pages, 4 Tables and 15 Figures. Accepted for publication in A&A as
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Looking for timing variations in the transits of 16 exoplanets
We update the ephemerides of 16 transiting exoplanets using our ground-based observations, new Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite data, and previously published observations including those of amateur astronomers. All these light curves were modelled by making use of a set of quantitative criteria with the exofast code to obtain mid-transit times. We searched for statistically significant secular and/or periodic trends in the mid-transit times. We found that the timing data are well modelled by a linear ephemeris for all systems except for XO-2 b, for which we detect an orbital decay with the rate of -12.95 +/- 1.85 ms yr(-1) that can be confirmed with future observations. We also detect a hint of potential periodic variations in the transit timing variation data of HAT-P-13 b, which also requires confirmation with further precise observations
Homogeneous transit timing analyses of ten exoplanet systems
We study the transit timings of 10 exoplanets in order to investigate potential transit timing variations in them. We model their available ground-based light curves, some presented here and others taken from the literature, and homogeneously measure the mid-transit times. We statistically compare our results with published values and find that the measurement errors agree. However, in terms of recovering the possible frequencies, homogeneous sets can be found to be more useful, of which no statistically relevant example has been found for the planets in our study. We corrected the ephemeris information of all 10 planets we studied and provide these most precise light elements as references for future transit observations with space-borne and ground-based instruments. We found no evidence for secular or periodic changes in the orbital periods of the planets in our sample, including the ultra-short period WASP-103 b, whose orbit is expected to decay on an observable time-scale. Therefore, we derive the lower limits for the reduced tidal quality factors (Q(*)') for the host stars based on best-fitting quadratic functions to their timing data. We also present a global model of all available data for WASP-74 b, which has a Gaia parallax-based distance value similar to 25 per cent larger than the published value
Times of minima of eclipsing cataclysmic variables
5 Kataklismik Değişen Yıldızın toplam 13 minimum zamanları verildi
A microwave kinetic inductance detector for the DAG telescope
We present the details of a proposed microwave kinetic inductance detector (MKID) for the DAG (Eastern Anatolia Observatory in Turkish) telescope, DAG-MKID. The observatory will have a modern 4m size telescope that is currently under construction. Current plan to obtain the first light with the telescope is late 2019. The proposed MKID based instrument will enable astronomers to simultaneously detect photons in the relatively wide wavelength range of 4000-13500 Å with a timing accuracy of μs and spectral resolution R = /▵ =10-25. With a planned field of view of approximately an arcminute, DAG-MKID will mostly be used for follow-up observations of transient or variable objects as well as a robust tool to measure photometric redshifts of a large number of galaxies or other extra-galactic objects.Publisher's Versio
Looking for timing variations in the transits of 16 exoplanets
We update the ephemerides of 16 transiting exoplanets using our ground-based observations, new TESS data, and previously published observations including those of amateur astronomers. All these light curves were modeled by making use of a set of quantitative criteria with the exofast code to obtain mid-transit times. We searched for statistically significant secular and/or periodic trends in the mid-transit times. We found that the timing data are well modeled by a linear ephemeris for all systems except for XO-2 b, for which we detect an orbital decay with the rate of -12.95 ± 1.85 ms/yr that can be confirmed with future observations. We also detect a hint of potential periodic variations in the TTV data of HAT-P-13 b which also requires confirmation with further precise observations
Optimization of a 65 nm CMOS imaging process for monolithic CMOS sensors for high energy physics
The long term goal of the CERN Experimental Physics Department R&D; on monolithic sensorsis the development of sub-100nm CMOS sensors for high energy physics. The first technologyselected is the TPSCo 65nm CMOS imaging technology. A first submission MLR1 includedseveral small test chips with sensor and circuit prototypes and transistor test structures. One ofthe main questions to be addressed was how to optimize the sensor in the presence of significantin-pixel circuitry. In this paper this optimization is described as well as the experimental resultsfrom the MLR1 run confirming its effectiveness. A second submission investigating wafer-scalestitching has just been completed. This work has been carried out in strong synergy with the ITS3upgrade of the ALICE experiment