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    Detection of the White Dwarf Spin of the Long-orbital Period Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable V1082 Sgr
    (American Astronomical Society) Lima, Isabel de Jesus; Tovmassian, Gagik; Rodrigues, Claudia Vilega; Oliveira, Alexandre Soares de; Luna, Gerardo Juan Manuel; Buckley, David A. H.; Silva, Karleyne Medeiros Gomes da; Figueiredo, Ana Carolina Mattiuci; Souza, Diego Carvalho de; Schlindwein, Wagner; Marques, Fernando Falkenberg; Palhares, Matheus Soares
    We report on the discovery of circular polarization modulated with a period of 1.943 ± 0.002hr in the cataclysmic variable V1082 Sgr. These findings unambiguously reveal the rotation of a magnetic white dwarf and establish its intermediate polar nature. Along with its extraordinary long orbital period (Porb) of 20.8 hr, the spin period (Pspin) places this system in an extreme position of the Pspin versus Porb distribution. The circular polarization phase diagram has a single peak and an amplitude smaller than 1%. These data were used to model the postshock region of the accretion flow on the white dwarf surface using the CYCLOPS code. We obtained a magnetic field in the white dwarf pole of 11 MG and a magnetospheric radius consistent with the coupling region at around 2–3 white dwarf radii. The Pspin/Porb value and the estimated magnetic field momentum suggest that V1082 Sgr could be out of spin equilibrium or in a spin-up state, possibly in a stream accretion mode.
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    Search for Magnetic Accretion in SW Sextantis Systems
    (IOP science) Lima, Isabel de Jesus; Rodrigues, Claudia Vilega; Lopes, Carlos Eduardo Ferreira; Szkody, Paula; Jablonski, Francisco José; Oliveira, Alexandre Soares de; Silva, Karleyne M. G.; Belloni, Diogo; Palhares, Matheus Soares; Shugarov, Sergey; Baptista, Raymundo; Almeida, Leonardo Andrade de
    SW Sextantis systems are nova-like cataclysmic variables that have unusual spectroscopic properties, which are thought to be caused by an accretion geometry having part of the mass flux trajectory out of the orbital plane. Accretion onto a magnetic white dwarf is one of the proposed scenarios for these systems. To verify this possibility, we analyzed photometric and polarimetric time-series data for a sample of six SW Sex stars. We report possible modulated circular polarization in BO Cet, SW Sex, and UU Aqr with periods of 11.1, 41.2, and 25.7 minutes, respectively, and less significant periodicities for V380 Oph at 22 minutes and V442 Oph at 19.4 minutes. We confirm previous results that LS Peg shows variable circular polarization. However, we determine a period of 18.8 minutes, which is different from the earlier reported value. We interpret these periods as the spin periods of the white dwarfs. Our polarimetric results indicate that 15% of the SW Sex systems have direct evidence of magnetic accretion. We also discuss SW Sex objects within the perspective of being magnetic systems, considering the latest findings about the demography, formation, and evolution of cataclysmic variables.