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Intermediate Polars: more evidence
Classic observations by Nather (1978) and Patterson, Robinson & Nather (1978) found that DQ Her had a 72 sec oscillation that went away during eclipse
Also found that the phase of the oscillation changed through the centre of the eclipse, as a result of first one side of the disk being eclipsed then the other
Interpreted as resulting from the reprocessing of an X-ray beam sweeping the disk like a ³light house²
Only recently seen in X-rays (scattered)
Nather (1978)
Patterson, Robinson & Nather (1978)