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Accretion Curtains in Magnetic CVs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Lilia Ferrario
Lilia Ferrario*
Affiliation:
Astrophysical Theory Centre, School of Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. lilia@tardis.anu.edu.au
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Abstract

We have carried out calculations to model the hydrogen emission line spectrum of intermediate polars with accretion disks. We show that we can explain most of the observed optical continuum and line fluxes in terms of hard and soft X-rays that originate from the accretion shocks and are reprocessed in curtains formed by magnetically channelled material.

Keywords

stars: binariesstars: cataclysmic variablesstars: magnetic fieldsstars: white dwarfsstars: accretionlines: formation

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Magnetic Fields, Disks and Jets: A Workshop organised by the ANU Astrophysical Theory Centre The ANU Astrophysical Theory Centre
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 87 - 92
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1996

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