V. Šimon from the ASU Stellar Department provides in his article a detailed report on the long-term variability of the brightness of the five intermediate polars. This sample shows that the intermediate polars have a very wide range of optical luminosity. From the long term perspective, their light curves show many transient phenomena – flares, brightening, transitions between high and low brightness states. But whats common for these changes is the matter transferred between the donor and recipient star, which forms a contact binary system.
- more information in Czech at AI News: Na čem pracujeme: Dlouhodobá aktivita intermediálních polarů
- scientific paper: V. Šimon, A study of the long-term activity of five intermediate polars with accretion discs, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 505 (2021) pp.161-171.
- contact: RNDr. Vojtěch Šimon, Ph.D.
