Kavli Affiliate: Moritz Guenther
| Summary:
We investigated the temporal and spectral features of $γ$ Cassiopeiae’s X-ray emission within the context of the white dwarf accretion hypothesis. We find that the variabilities present in the X-ray data show two different signals, one primarily due to absorption and the other due to flickering like in non-magnetic cataclysmic variables. We then use this two-component insight to investigate previously un-reported simultaneous XMM and NuSTAR data. The model fitting results find white dwarf properties consistent with optical studies alongside a significant secondary, thermal source. We propose a secondary shock between the Be decretion disk and white dwarf accretion disk as the source. Finally, we analyzed a unique, low-count rate event of the XMM light curve as potential evidence for the white dwarf encountering Be decretion disk structures.
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