A Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Survey of High Declination Dwarf Novae (2009)
Godon, P., Sion, E. M., Barrett, P. E., Szkody, P.
We present an analysis of the FUSE spectra of eight high-declination dwarf novae obtained from a Cycle 7 FUSE survey. These DN systems have not been previously studied in the UV and little is known...
Gaensicke, B. T., Dillon, M., Southworth, J., Thorstensen, J. R., Rodriguez-Gil, P., Aungwerojwit, A., ...
We discuss the properties of 137 cataclysmic variables (CVs) which are included in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectroscopic data base, and for which accurate orbital periods have been...
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Spectroscopy of the Nova-like BB Doradus (2008)
Godon, P., Sion, E. M., Barrett, P. E., Szkody, P., Schlegel, E. M.
We present an analysis of the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer ({\it{FUSE}}) spectra of the little-known southern nova-like BB Doradus. The spectrum was obtained as part of our Cycle 8 {\it...
Dillon, M., Gaensicke, B. T., Aungwerojwit, A., Rodriguez-Gil, P., Marsh, T. R., Barros, S. C. C., ...
We present time resolved CCD photometry of 15 cataclysmic variables (CVs) identified by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The data were obtained as part of the 2004/05 International Time Programme...
Two More Candidate AM Canum Venaticorum (AM CVn) Binaries from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)
Anderson, S. F., Becker, A. C., Haggard, D., Prieto, J. L., Knapp, G. R., Sako, M., ...
AM CVn systems are a select group of ultracompact binaries with the shortest orbital periods of any known binary subclass; mass-transfer is likely from a low-mass (partially-)degenerate secondary...
Godon, P., Sion, E. M., Barrett, P. E., Hubeny, I., Linnell, A. P., Szkody, P.
We present a synthetic spectral analysis of Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) and Hubble Space Telescope/Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (HST/STIS) spectra of 5 dwarf novae above and...
Hubble Space Telescope STIS Spectroscopy of Long Period Dwarf Novae in Quiescence (2008)
Sion, E. M., Gaensicke, B. T., Long, K. S., Szkody, P., Knigge, C., Hubeny, I., ...
We present the results of a synthetic spectral analysis of HST STIS spectra of five long period dwarf novae obtained during their quiescence to determine the properties of their white dwarfs which...
Discovery of two new accreting pulsating white dwarf stars (2007)
Mukadam, Anjum S., Gänsicke, B. T., Szkody, P., Aungwerojwit, A., Howell, Steve B., Fraser, O. J., ...
We report the discovery of two new accreting pulsating white dwarf stars amongst the cataclysmic variables of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: SDSSJ074531.91+453829.5 and SDSSJ091945.10+085710.0. We...
Brinkworth, C. S., Hoard, D. W., Wachter, S., Howell, S. B., Ciardi, David R., Szkody, P., ...
We present Spitzer photometry of six short-period polars, EF Eri, V347 Pav, VV Pup, V834 Cen, GG Leo, and MR Ser. We have combined the Spitzer IRAC (3.6-8.0 μm) data with the 2MASS JHK_s photometry...
Szkody, P, Mukadam, A, Gänsicke, B. T, Woudt, P. A, Solheim, Jan - Erik, Nitta, A, ...
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First detection of Zeeman absorption lines in the polar VV Pup (2007)
Mason, E., Wickramasinghe, D., Howell, S. B., Szkody, P.
We investigated the low state of the polar VV Pup by collecting high S/N time series spectra. We monitored VV Pup with VLT+FORS1 and analyzed the evolution of its spectroscopic features across two...
A Far Ultraviolet Study of the Nova-like V794 Aquilae (2007)
Godon, P., Sion, E. M., Barrett, P. E., Szkody, P.
We present a spectral analysis of the dereddened FUSE and HST/STIS spectra separately and combined together assuming E(B-V)=0.1 & 0.2. Overall, we find that the model fits are in much better...
Brinkworth, C. S., Hoard, D. W., Wachter, S., Howell, S. B., Ciardi, D. R., Szkody, P., ...
We present Spitzer Space Telescope photometry of six short-period polars, EF Eri, V347 Pav, VV Pup, V834 Cen, GG Leo, and MR Ser. We have combined the Spitzer Infrared Array Camera (3.6 -8.0 microns)...
Szkody, P, Mukadam, A, Gänsicke, B. T, Woudt, P. A, Solheim, Jan-Erik, Nitta, A, ...
Ultraviolet observations using the Solar Blind Channel on the Hubble Space Telescope provide light curves and low-resolution spectra of three pulsating white dwarfs in the cataclysmic variables SDSS...
Southworth, John, Gaensicke, B. T., Marsh, T. R., De Martino, D., Hakala, P., Littlefair, S., ...
We present medium-resolution VLT/FORS2 spectroscopy of six cataclysmic variables discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We determine orbital periods for SDSS J023322.61+005059.5 (96.08 +/- 0.09...
A 110 MG cyclotron harmonic in the optical spectrum of RX J1554.2+2721 (2006)
Schwope, A. D., Schreiber, M. R., Szkody, P.
We report the detection of a 110 MG cyclotron harmonic in the SDSS-spectrum of the magnetic cataclysmic variable (MCV) RX J1554.2+2721. This feature was noted earlier by others but remained...
Godon, P., Sion, E. M., Cheng, F., Long, K. S., Gaensicke, B. T., Szkody, P.
We present the last HST/STIS E140M FUV spectrum (1150-1725A) of the dwarf nova (DN) WZ Sge, obtained in July 2004, 3 years following the early superoutburst of July 2001. Single white dwarf (WD)...
The First Direct Spectroscopic Detection of a White Dwarf Primary in an AM CVn System (2006)
Sion, E. M., Solheim, J. E., Szkody, P., Gaensicke, B. T., Howell, S. B.
We report the results of a synthetic spectral analysis of Hubble STIS spectra of the AM CVn-type cataclysmic variable CP Eri obtained when the system was in quiescence. The FUV spectrum is best...
A Far Ultraviolet Study of the Hot White Dwarf in the Dwarf Nova WW Ceti (2006)
Godon, P., Seward, L., Sion, E. M., Szkody, P.
We present a synthetic spectral analysis of IUE archival and FUSE FUV spectra of the peculiar dwarf nova WW Ceti. During the quiescence of WW Ceti, a white dwarf with Twd=26,000K can account for the...
A ZZCeti white dwarf in SDSSJ133941.11+484727.5 (2006)
Gänsicke, B. T., Rodríguez-Gil, P., Marsh, T. R., De Martino, D., Nestoras, J., Szkody, P., ...
We present time-resolved spectroscopy and photometry of the cataclysmic variable (CV) SDSSJ133941.11+484727.5 (SDSS1339) which has been discovered in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release...
A ZZ Ceti white dwarf in SDSS J133941.11+484727.5 (2005)
Gaensicke, B. T., Rodriguez-Gil, P., Marsh, T. R., De Martino, D., Nestoras, J., Szkody, P., ...
We present time-resolved spectroscopy and photometry of the cataclysmic variable (CV) SDSSJ133941.11+484727.5 (SDSS1339) which has been discovered in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 4. The...
The Recently-Discovered Dwarf Nova System ASAS J002511+1217.2: A New WZ Sagittae Star (2005)
Templeton, M. R., Leaman, R., Szkody, P., Henden, A., Cook, L., Starkey, D., ...
The cataclysmic variable ASAS J002511+1217.2 was discovered in outburst by the All-Sky Automated Survey in September 2004, and intensively monitored by AAVSO observers through the following two...
Candidate spectroscopic binaries in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)
Pourbaix, D., Knapp, G. R., Szkody, P., Ivezic, Z., Kleinman, S. J., Long, D., ...
We have examined the radial velocity data for stars spectroscopically observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) more than once to investigate the incidence of spectroscopic binaries, and to...
Discovery of a Magnetic White Dwarf/Probable Brown Dwarf Short-Period Binary (2005)
Schmidt, G. D., Szkody, P., Silvestri, N. M., Cushing, M. C., Liebert, J., Smith, P. S.
The magnetic white dwarf SDSS J121209.31+013627.7 exhibits a weak, narrow Halpha emission line whose radial velocity and strength are modulated on a period of ~90 minutes. Though indicative of...
Schmidt, G. D., Szkody, P., Vanlandingham, K. M., Anderson, S. F., Barentine, J. C., Brewington, H. J., ...
Discoveries of two new white dwarf plus M star binaries with striking optical cyclotron emission features from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) brings to six the total number of X-ray faint,...
The accreting white dwarfs in BW Scl, BC UMa and SW UMa (2005)
Gaensicke, B. T., Szkody, P., Howell, S. B., Sion, E. M.
We have observed the short-period dwarf novae BW Scl, BC UMa and SW UMa using the Hubble Space Telescope/Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. In all three systems, the white dwarf is the dominant...
Simultaneous X-ray and Optical Observations of EX Hydrae (2005)
Belle, K. E., Howell, S. B., Mukai, K., Szkody, P., Nishikida, K., Ciardi, D. R., ...
The intermediate polar, EX Hydrae, was the object of a large simultaneous multiwavelength observational campaign during 2000 May - June. Here we present the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer photometry and...
Far-ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables (2004)
Araujo-Betancor, S., Gaensicke, B. T., Long, K. S., Beuermann, K., De Martino, D., Sion, E. M., ...
We have obtained HST/STIS data for a total of eleven polars as part of a program aimed to compile a homogeneous database of high-quality far-ultraviolet (FUV) spectra for a large number of...
An HST STIS Observation of VW Hydri at the Exact FUV Onset of an Outburst (2004)
Sion, E. M., Cheng, F. H., Gaensicke, B. T., Szkody, P.
We present an analysis of HST STIS data of VW Hyi acquired ~ 14 days after a superoutburst. At the time of the observation the system appears to be going into outburst with the longest wavelengths...
A 150MG magnetic white dwarf in the cataclysmic variable RX J1554.2+2721 (2004)
Gaensicke, B. T., Jordan, S., Beuermann, K., De Martino, D., Szkody, P., Marsh, T., ...
We report the detection of Zeeman-split Lalpha absorption pi and sigma+ lines in the far-ultraviolet Hubble Space Telescope/Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph spectrum of the magnetic cataclysmic...
Far Ultraviolet Observations of the Dwarf Novae SS Aur and RU Peg in Quiescence (2004)
Sion, E. M., Cheng, F., Godon, P., Szkody, P.
We have analyzed the Far Ultraviolet Spectrocopic Explorer (FUSE) spectra of two U Gem-Type dwarf novae, SS Aur and RU Peg, observed 28 days and 60 days (respectively) after their last outburst. In...
Fuse studies of dwarf novae during quiescence (2004)
Cheng , F. H., Godon , P., Sion , E. M., Szkody , P.
Hemos obtenido espectros de FUSE de varias novas enanas, los cuales revelan las propiedades de sus enanas blancas acrecientes, sus ritmos de acreción durante la etapa de quietud y la naturaleza de...
Welsh, W. F., Sion, E. M., Godon, P., Gansicke, B. T., Knigge, C., Long, K. S., ...
We present a time series analysis of Hubble Space Telescope observations of WZ Sge obtained in 2001 September, October, November and December as WZ Sge declined from its 2001 July superoutburst....
An Initial Survey of White Dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)
Harris, H. C., Liebert, J., Kleinman, S. J., Nitta, A., Anderson, S. F., Knapp, G. R., ...
An initial assessment is made of white dwarf and hot subdwarf stars observed in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. In a small area of sky (190 square degrees), observed much like the full survey will be,...
The surprising Far-UV spectrum of the polar BY Camelopardalis (2003)
Mouchet, M., Bonnet-Bidaud, J. M., Roueff, E., Beuermann, K., De Martino, D., Desert, J. M., ...
We report on the first far-UV observations of the asynchronous polar BY Cam made by the Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE). The source is known to exhibit the most extreme NV/CIV emission...
HST/STIS Spectroscopy of the Intermediate Polar EX Hydrae (2003)
Belle, K. E., Howell, S. B., Sion, E. M., Long, K. S., Szkody, P.
We present the results of our analysis of six orbits of HST/STIS time-tagged spectroscopy of the intermediate polar, EX Hydrae. The high time and wavelength resolution of the HST/STIS spectra...
The surprising Far-UV spectrum of the polar BY Camelopardalis (2003)
Mouchet, M., Roueff, E., Beuermann, K., De Martino, D., Desert, J. M., ...
Mason, E., Howell, S. B., Szkody, P., Harrison, T. E., Holtzman, J. A., Hoard, D. W.
We present multi-color photometry and time resolved spectroscopy of OU Vir. The analysis of the quiescent light curve shows that OU Vir is characterized by i) strong cycle-to-cycle brightness...
The system parameters of DW Ursae Majoris (2002)
Araujo-Betancor, S., Knigge, C., Long, K. S., Hoard, D. W., Szkody, P., Rodgers, B., ...
We present new constraints on the system parameters of the SW Sextantis star DW Ursae Majoris, based on ultraviolet (UV) eclipse observations with the Hubble Space Telescope. Our data were obtained...
HST Spectra of GW Librae: A Hot Pulsating White Dwarf in a Cataclysmic Variable (2002)
Szkody, P., Gansicke, B., Howell, S. B., Sion, E.
We have obtained Hubble Space Telescope UV spectra of the white dwarf in GW Lib, the only known non-radially pulsating white dwarf in a cataclysmic variable, and the first known DAZQ variable. The UV...
Hoard, D. W., Szkody, P., Ishioka, R., Ferrario, L., Gaensicke, B. T., Schmidt, G. D., ...
We present the first far-ultraviolet (FUV) observations of the magnetic cataclysmic variable VV Puppis, obtained with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer satellite. In addition, we have...
ST/STIS Spectroscopy of the White Dwarfs in the Short-Period Dwarf Novae LL And and EF Peg (2002)
Howell, S., Gansicke, B., Szkody, P., Sion, E.
We present new HST/STIS observations of the short-period dwarf novae LL And and EF Peg during deep quiescence. We fit stellar models to the UV spectra and use optical and IR observations to determine...
Howell, S. B., Fried, R., Szkody, P., Sirk, M., Schmidt, G.
We obtained EUV photometry, optical spectroscopy, and multi-color optical photometry for WX Cet during its 1998 November superoutburst. WX Cet is only the second short-period, low mass transfer CV...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release (2002)
Stoughton, C., Lupton, R. H., Bernardi, M., Blanton, M. R., Burles, S., Castander, F. J., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is an imaging and spectroscopic survey that will eventually cover approximately one-quarter of the celestial sphere and collect spectra of 10 6 galaxies, 100,000...
Cataclysmic Variables from SDSS I. The First Results (2001)
Szkody, P., Anderson, S. F., Agueros, M., Covarrubias, R., Bentz, M., Hawley, S., ...
The commissioning year of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey has demonstrated that many cataclysmic variables have been missed in previous surveys with brighter limits. We report the identification of 22...
The New AM Her System RX J0704.2+6203. Northern Twin of BL Hyi (2001)
Tovmassian, G. H., Szkody, P., Greiner, J., Zharikov, S. V., Serrano, A., ...
We report here on the identification and study of the optical counterpart of the ROSAT source RX J0704.2+6203. Extensive spectral and photometric observation showed that the object belongs to the...
HST/STIS spectroscopy of the exposed white dwarf in the short-period dwarf nova EK TrA (2001)
Gaensicke, B. T., Szkody, P., Sion, E. M., Hoard, D. W., Howell, S., Cheng, F. H., ...
We present high resolution Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet spectroscopy of the dwarf nova EK TrA obtained in deep quiescence. The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph data reveal the broad...
Gaensicke, B. T., Schmidt, G. D., Jordan, S., Szkody, P.
Phase-resolved HST/STIS ultraviolet spectroscopy of the high-field polar AR UMa confirms that the WD photospheric Ly alpha Zeeman features are formed in a magnetic field of ~200 MG. In addition to...
A Self-Occulting Accretion Disk in the SW Sex Star DW UMa (2000)
Knigge, C., Long, K. S., Hoard, D. W., Szkody, P., Dhillon, V. S.
We present the ultraviolet spectrum of the SW Sex star and nova-like variable DW UMa in an optical low state, as observed with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on board the Hubble Space...
Multiwavelength superoutburst observations of T Leonis (1999)
Howell, S.B., Ciardi, D.R., Szkody, P., Paradijs, J.A. Van, Kuulkers, E., Cash, J., ...
High spectral and time resolution observations of the eclipsing polar RX J0719.2+6557 (1998)
Tovmassian, G. H., Szkody, P., Greiner, J., Vrielmann, S., Kroll, P., Howell, S., ...
We present phase-resolved spectral and multicolor CCD-photometric observations of the eclipsing polar RX J0719.2+6557 obtained with relatively high time (~600 sec/15 sec) and spectral (2.1 A)...
HST/GHRS observations of AM Herculis (1998)
Gaensicke, B. T., Hoard, D. W., Beuermann, K., Sion, E. M., Szkody, P.
We present phase-resolved spectroscopy of AM Herculis obtained with the HST/GHRS when the system was in a high state. The ultraviolet light curve shows a quasi-sinusoidal modulation, which can be...
Tovmassian, G. H., Greiner, J., Kroll, P., Szkody, P., Mason, P. A., ...
A new cataclysmic variable is identified as the optical counterpart of the faint and hard X-ray source RX J0757.0+6306 discovered during the ROSAT all-sky survey. Strong double-peaked emission lines...
A new magnetic cataclysmic variable: WGA J1047.1+6335 (1995)
Singh, K P, Szkody, P, Barrett, P, White, N E, Fierce, E, Silber, A D, ...
Optical and IR light curves of VV Puppis. (1983)
Szkody, P., Bailey, J., Hough, J.
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A multiwavelength study of the AM Herculis-type binary 2A 0311-227. (1982)
Bailey, J., Hough, J., Axon, D.J., Gatley, I., Lee, T.J., Szkody, P., ...
Original article can be found via: http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/ Copyright Royal Astronomical Society [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]