High speed keck spectroscopy of flickering in AM Her

Skidmore, W., Gomer, R., Horne, K., O'Brien, K., Oke, B. and Pearson, K. (2004) High speed keck spectroscopy of flickering in AM Her. ASP Conference Proceedings, 315. pp. 163-169. (Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables, IAU Colloquium 190, Proceedings of the Conference held 8-13 December, 2002 in Cape Town, South Africa. Edited by Sonja Vrielmann and Mark Cropper.)

Abstract/Summary

We present fast (72 ms) spectroscopy of AM Her obtained at an intermediate brightness state just before a rise to high state. Interesting features in the line behaviour of AM Her are noted and the variability spectrum is presented and compared to that of SS Cyg.