! File: 4661C.PROP ! Database: PEPDB ! Date: 22-FEB-1994:21:35:07 coverpage: title_1: ULTRAVIOLET ECLIPSE MAPPING OF THE ACCRETION FLOW IN THE ECLIPSING title_2: INTERMEDIATE POLAR, EX HYA: CYCLE3 HIGH sci_cat: HOT STARS sci_subcat: ERUPTIVE BINARIES proposal_for: GO pi_fname: SIMON pi_mi: R pi_lname: ROSEN pi_inst: UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER pi_country: U.K. hours_pri: 7.00 num_pri: 1 fos: Y time_crit: Y off_fname: KEN off_lname: POUNDS off_title: HEAD OF DEPT. off_inst: 8042 off_addr_1: DEPT. OF PHYSICS off_addr_2: UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER off_addr_3: UNIVERSITY RD. off_city: LEICESTER off_country: U.K. off_phone: UK-533-523509 ! end of coverpage abstract: line_1: EX Hya offers a unique opportunity to study the accretion flow onto the white line_2: dwarf in an Intermediate Polar binary, being the only member of its class in line_3: which the environs of that star are eclipsed by its companion. We propose to line_4: exploit the unique ability of HST FOS to secure good S/N, highly time-resolved line_5: UV spectra to perform the first detailed UV eclipse mapping study of EX Hya. line_6: The detailed form of the accretion flow onto the white dwarf in these systems line_7: remains unresolved. It may occur as a funnelled flow along magnetic field lines line_8: from a truncated disk or it may be primarily in the form of an inhomogenous line_9: stream of material that penetrates the magnetosphere. UV observations are line_10: critical because much of the radiation output from this high energy environment line_11: emerges in this band. We aim to use FOS to a) study the line profile changes line_12: through the narrow eclipse to dissect the UV emitting accretion flow near the line_13: white dwarf, b) compare eclipse properties in different lines to search for line_14: ionization structure, c) monitor the evolution of the lines through the broader line_15: eclipse wings to map the putative inner `disk' flow and d) record the motion line_16: and broadening of the line wings as the white dwarf rotates to formulate an line_17: overall dynamical picture. ! ! end of abstract general_form_proposers: lname: ROSEN fname: SIMON title: PI mi: R inst: UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER country: UNITED KINGDOM esa: Y ! lname: MUKAI fname: KOJI inst: NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER country: USA esa: N ! lname: WATSON fname: MIKE mi: G inst: UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER country: UNITED KINGDOM esa: Y ! lname: MASON fname: KEITH mi: O inst: MULLARD SPACE SCIENCE LABORATORY country: UNITED KINGDOM esa: Y ! lname: OSBORNE fname: JULIAN mi: P inst: UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER country: UNITED KINGDOM esa: Y ! lname: KING fname: ANDREW mi: R inst: UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER country: UNITED KINGDOM esa: Y ! lname: PRINJA fname: RAMAN mi: K inst: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON country: UNITED KINGDOM esa: Y ! ! end of general_form_proposers block general_form_text: question: 3 section: 1 line_1: We will use the FOS/BL with the G130H grating to measure the line_2: 1150A-1606A range, covering the important lines of N V 1240A, line_3: Si IV 1400A and especially C IV 1550A. We will use the 4.3 arc line_4: second aperture to maximise throughput. Spectra will be recorded line_5: repetitively with 15s exposures using FOS RAPID mode, providing line_6: around >8 spectra through the narrow (2-3 minute) orbital eclipse line_7: and many more through the broader `eclipse effect' either side of line_8: it. We are requesting time-critical obervations so that we can line_9: monitor the eclipses in EX Hya that repeat every 98 mins (2 mins line_10: different from the HST orbital period); we are specifying an line_11: eclipse ephemeris so that observations can be centred near the line_12: eclipses. Since the eclipse drifts by 2 minutes relative to the line_13: HST orbital window every HST orbit, we seek a scheduling of two line_14: blocks of 7 contiguous HST orbits to keep the eclipse within line_15: +/- 10 mins of the center of the HST orbital window (first line_16: eclipse in each block should occur towards -10 mins from centre). line_17: This arrangement will also maximise our ability to monitor line_18: the effects of the white dwarf's rotation on the line profiles line_19: outside the eclipses (using data before and after eclipse). ! question: 4 section: 1 line_1: The hot (10000