TL;DR
This paper discusses the eROSITA X-ray survey's potential to detect thousands of cataclysmic variable stars, focusing on source content, expected discoveries, and follow-up strategies.
Contribution
It provides an overview of eROSITA's capabilities and proposes methods for optical follow-up of detected CVs, highlighting its significance for binary star research.
Findings
eROSITA will detect several 10^4 compact binaries
Most detected binaries will be cataclysmic variables
Strategies for optical follow-up are discussed
Abstract
eROSITA will perform the most sensitive X-ray all-sky ever in the energy range 0.3 - 10 keV. It will likely uncover several 10^4 compact binaries, most of them will be cataclysmic variable stars. After a brief introduction to eROSITA we will discuss the source content of the eROSITA surveys, the expected number of CVs and possible strategies for the optical follow-up.
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Taxonomy
TopicsAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation · Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations · Astronomy and Astrophysical Research