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  "abstract": "(Context) The X-ray spectra of magnetic cataclysmic variables (MCVs) with extreme magnetic fields, the polars, often exhibit a prominent soft X-ray excess attributed to buried shocks. (Aims) Using the first-ever high-state XMM-Newton observation of the highest field polar, AR UMa ($B\\approx230$ MG), we established the source's accretion scenario and derived the energy budget at the magnetic extreme of MCVs. (Methods) Using X-ray, UV, and optical spectral and timing analysis, we disentangled the radiation components and located their origin in the binary. (Results) AR UMa showed one active (\"southern\") pole during our observation. The spectrum of the active pole was dominated by soft, blackbody-like emission with $kT_{\\rm BB} \\simeq 35$ eV and showed no evidence for an optically thin hard X-ray emission characteristic of a cooling post-shock accretion column. Instead, we find constant, faint, optically thin plasma emission with a temperature of $\\approx 1$ keV at all orbital phases, which is uncorrelated with the soft X-ray emission, and we attribute this to shock-heated matter at the stagnation region. Pronounced absorption dips punctuate the phase of active X-ray emission and are associated with puffed-up material in the stagnation region. Using spectro-timing analysis of the absorption dips, the density profile and evolution of the clumpy flow were probed. We find evidence of a cyclotron harmonic from the southern pole (160 MG) near $\\sim$2300 Angstrom in the UV spectrum. We report minute-long quasi-periodic oscillations in the optical, UV, and X-ray light curves. (Conclusion) AR UMa represents an extreme case of soft, blobby accretion, with an effectively infinite soft excess, extending the magnetic field range over which magnetic accretion can be studied by a factor of two. It is one of the rare systems in which X-ray emission from a stream-magnetosphere interaction is detected.",
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  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Kala G. Pradeep"
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    {
      "name": "Axel D. Schwope"
    }
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/4m9sdvxv2rmeq.bib",
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  "doi": "10.48550/arxiv.2611.09556",
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.09556",
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  "published": "2026-11-06",
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  "title": "XMM-Newton observations of the highest field polar AR UMa: An extreme case of soft-blobby accretion",
  "title_text": "XMM-Newton observations of the highest field polar AR UMa: An extreme case of soft-blobby accretion",
  "type": "preprint",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-10T06:21:04Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/4m9sdvxv2rmeq",
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