A MeerKAT survey of nearby nova-like cataclysmic variables

Author:

Hewitt D M12ORCID,Pretorius M L1,Woudt P A2,Tremou E3,Miller-Jones J C A4ORCID,Knigge C5,Castro Segura N5ORCID,Williams D R A67ORCID,Fender R P26,Armstrong R89,Groot P1210,Heywood I6911ORCID,Horesh A12,van der Horst A J1314,Koerding E10,McBride V A1215,Mooley K P161718ORCID,Rowlinson A1920ORCID,Stappers B7,Wijers R A M J19ORCID

Affiliation:

1. South African Astronomical Observatory, PO Box 9, Observatory 7935, Cape Town, South Africa

2. Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa

3. LESIA, 5 place Jules Janssen, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Meudon 92195, France

4. International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research - Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia

5. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK

6. Department of Physics, Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK

7. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK

8. Department of Astronomy, Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa

9. South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, 2 Fir Street, Black River Park, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa

10. Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, PO Box 9010, NL-6500 GL Nijmegen, the Netherlands

11. Department of Physics and Electronics, Rhodes University, PO Box 94, Makhanda 6140, South Africa

12. Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel

13. Department of Physics, The George Washington University, 725 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA

14. Astronomy, Physics and Statistics Institute of Sciences (APSIS), 725 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA

15. Office of Astronomy for Development, IAU, Cape Town 7935, South Africa

16. Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK

17. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM 87801, USA

18. Caltech, 1200 E. California Blvd. MC 249-17, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

19. Anton Pannekoek Institute, University of Amsterdam, Postbus 94249, NL-1090 GE Amsterdam, the Netherlands

20. Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4, NL-7991 PD Dwingeloo, the Netherlands

Abstract

ABSTRACT We present the results of MeerKAT radio observations of 11 nearby nova-like cataclysmic variables (CVs). We have detected radio emission from IM Eri, RW Sex, V3885 Sgr, and V603 Aql. While RW Sex, V3885 Sgr, and V603 Aql had been previously detected, this is the first reported radio detection of IM Eri. Our observations have doubled the sample of non-magnetic CVs with sensitive radio data. We observe that at our radio detection limits, a specific optical luminosity ${\gtrsim}2.2\times 10^{18}\,$ erg s−1 Hz−1 (corresponding to MV ≲ 6.0) is required to produce a radio detection. We also observe that the X-ray and radio luminosities of our detected nova-like CVs are on an extension of the $L_X\propto L_R^{\sim 0.7}$ power law originally proposed for non-pulsating neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries. We find no other correlations between the radio emission and emission in other wavebands or any other system parameters for the existing sample of radio-detected non-magnetic CVs. We measure in-band (0.9–1.7 GHz) radio spectral indices that are consistent with reports from earlier work. Finally, we constructed broad spectral energy distributions for our sample from published multiwavelength data, and use them to place constraints on the mass transfer rates of these systems.

Funder

National Research Foundation

University of Cape Town

Neurosciences Research Foundation

Newton Fund

Australian Research Council

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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