Why Do Some Intermediate Polars Show Soft X‐Ray Emission? A Survey of<i>XMM‐Newton</i>Spectra
Why Do Some Intermediate Polars Show Soft X‐Ray Emission? A Survey of<i>XMM‐Newton</i>Spectra
We make a systematic analysis of the XMM-Newton X-ray spectra of intermediate polars (IPs) and find that, contrary to the traditional picture, most show a soft blackbody component. We compare the results with those from AM Her stars and deduce that the blackbody emission arises from reprocessing of hard X-rays, …