4-8 July 2016
Kramer Law building
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
<a href="http://events.saip.org.za/internalPage.py?pageId=10&confId=86">The Proceedings of SAIP2016</a> published on 24 December 2017

Correlation study of multi-wavelength transient emission of selected CRTS cataclysmic variables

7 Jul 2016, 09:40
20m
4B (Kramer Law building)

4B

Kramer Law building

UCT Middle Campus Cape Town
Oral Presentation Track D1 - Astrophysics Astrophysics (2)

Speaker

Ms Helene Szegedi (University of the Free State)

Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?

Yes

Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)?

Yes

Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution

Alida Odendaal
WinkA@ufs.ac.za
Department of Physics, University of the Free State

Level for award<br>&nbsp;(Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD, N/A)?

MSc

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The Catalina Real Time Survey (CRTS) is aimed at mapping the sky for near-Earth objects like asteroids, and provides a detailed survey that includes extremely faint sources up to 20 magnitudes. The CRTS is an incredibly rich source of data, as a large number of these sources may not be included in earlier catalogues that did not go as deep in magnitude. A sample of cataclysmic variable systems, showing high levels of transient emission, have been identified in the CRTS. It involved the identification of rapidly varying transient sources that have the potential to be selected for intensive multi-wavelength follow-up studies. These follow-up studies will be aimed at better understanding the possible magnetohydrodynamic processes driving thermal and non-thermal transient phenomena in several disc-fed and disc-less cataclysmic variable sources. Further optical observations will include photometric observations with the UFS/Boyden 1.5-m telescope at the Boyden observatory, and spectroscopic observations with the SAAO 1.9-m telescope, located at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO).

Please indicate whether<br>this abstract may be<br>published online<br>(Yes / No)

Yes

Primary author

Ms Helene Szegedi (University of the Free State)

Co-authors

Mrs Alida Odendaal (University of the Free State) Prof. Pieter Meintjes (University of the Free State)

Presentation Materials

Peer reviewing

Paper