1000 cataclysmic variables identified from DESI spectroscopy

Clicks: 9
ID: 337508
2026
Free PDF
Article Quality & Performance Metrics
Overall Quality
Not rated
Combines reader engagement with the AI quality analysis. This article has not been analysed, so there is no overall score — reader engagement is measured and shown alongside.
AI Quality Assessment
Not analyzed
Readership in this journal
Emerging

Ranked #1,300 of 1,327 articles by views in monthly notices of the royal astronomical society

Most read Least read

Bar heights use a square-root scale. Only the 120 most-read articles are drawn; the journal has 1,327 in total.

Mint this article as an NFT
Not yet minted

Create a permanent, verifiable on-chain record of this article on the Scimatic Network. The NFT is held in your Journament account, and you can withdraw it to your own wallet at any time.

5 SUSD one-off · no wallet required
Sign in to mint
Abstract
Abstract Most cataclysmic variables (CVs) are discovered when they have an outburst generating an inherent selection bias against CVs that rarely, or never, outburst. CVs discovered by virtue of their spectroscopic characteristics are particularly valuable to offset this bias and we have used an established machine-learning technique to assist in searching 98 966 000 spectra obtained by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Survey (DESI) to find such CVs. DESI observations are much deeper than previous spectroscopic surveys and we have identified 1028 CVs, 221 of which are new including ten of the AMCVn subtype. We have spectroscopically confirmed 440 CV candidates and obtained 85 new or improved orbital periods.We present revised space density estimates based upon this new data. We have also added ten more to the eight known examples of an intriguing class of CVs which exhibit peculiar changes in accretion.
Reference Key
openalex_W7171538372 Use this key to autocite in the manuscript while using SciMatic Manuscript Manager or Thesis Manager
Authors Keith Inight, B. T. Gänsicke, A. Aungwerojwit, P. Izquierdo, Christopher J. Manser, A.D. Myers, A. Swan, John R. Thorstensen, Aguilar Jl., Steven P. Ahlen, D Bianchi, D. Brooks, T. Claybaugh, A. de la Macorra, Biprateep Dey, P. Doel, A. Font-Ribera, J. E. Forero-Romero, Satya Gontcho A Gontcho, G. Gutierrez, J. Guy, R. Joyce, Stéphanie Juneau, Sergey E. Koposov, A. Kremin, Martin Landriau, Laurent Le Guillou, Aaron Meisner, R. Miquel, J. Moustakas, J. Najita, Ignasi Pérez-Ràfols, Will J. Percival, F. Prada, G. Rossi, E. J. Sanchez, D. Schlegel, M. Schubnell, H. Seo, J. Silber, G. Tarlé, B A Weaver, R. Zhou, H. Zou
Are you one of these authors? Claim your profile
Journal monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Year 2026
DOI
10.1093/mnras/stag2061
URL
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag2061
Keywords Keywords not found

Citations

No citations found. To add a citation, contact the admin at info@scimatic.org

Comments

No comments yet. Be the first to comment on this article.