Why does the intermediate polar V405 Aurigae show a double-peaked spin pulse?
Why does the intermediate polar V405 Aurigae show a double-peaked spin pulse?
V405 Aurigae is an intermediate polar showing a double-peaked pulsation in soft X-rays and a single-peaked pulsation in harder X-rays. From XMM–Newton observations, we find that the soft band is dominated by blackbody emission from the heated white dwarf surface. Such emission is at a maximum when either magnetic pole …