time domain astrophysics
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Stephen Potter South African Astronomical Observatory. Time Domain Astrophysics. Overview. What is Time Domain Astrophysics (Astrotomography)? Variability in Interacting Binaries Cataclysmic Variables Doppler Tomography Roche Tomography Stokes Imaging Eclipse Mapping SALT first Science - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Time Domain Astrophysics
Stephen PotterSouth African Astronomical Observatory
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Overview
What is Time Domain Astrophysics (Astrotomography)? Variability in Interacting Binaries
Cataclysmic Variables Doppler Tomography
Roche Tomography
Stokes Imaging
Eclipse Mapping
SALT first Science High speed CCD photometry
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Variability in Interacting Binaries
– Accretion onto WD in CVs – Porb : minutes – hours– Pspin : tens of seconds – Mass accretion events/ outbursts : months– Magnetic cycles : years – decades
– WD/inner disc dominate soft X-ray, UV (SALT strength) – Outer disc emission mostly in optical– Mass donor reveals itself in the red/IR
– For X-ray binaries (NS/BH) keV/MeV emission + – variability as fast as milliseconds
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Cataclysmic Variables
A.P. Beardmore http://www.astro.keele.ac.uk/~apb/OGL_CV/ 4
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Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables
A.P. Beardmore http://www.astro.keele.ac.uk/~apb/OGL_CV/ 5
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Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables
A.P. Beardmore http://www.astro.keele.ac.uk/~apb/OGL_CV/ 6
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Doppler Tomography
Schwope et al, 1997, A&A, 319, 894 8
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Doppler Tomography
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Roche Tomography
Potter, Romero-Colmenero, Watson, Buckley, Phillips 2004, MNRAS, 348, 31610
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Spectral eclipse mapping
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Multi-epoch Doppler Tomography
Schwope et al. 2000, MNRAS, 313, 533 12
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Spin Doppler Tomography
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Steeghs, D., Harlaftis, E.T., Horne, K., 1999, MNRAS, 306, 348
Targets of opportunityDoppler Tomography
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Spectral eclipse mapping
Baptista et al. 2000 MNRAS, 314, 727 15
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Stokes imaging
Potter et al. 2004, MNRAS, 348,316 16
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SALTICAM light curves of SDSS J015543.30+002807.2
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