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Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Frits Paerels ,
Min Young Hur  and
Christopher W. Mauche
Frits Paerels
Affiliation:
Space Sciences Laboratory and Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7300
Min Young Hur
Affiliation:
Space Sciences Laboratory and Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7300
Christopher W. Mauche
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-41, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550

Abstract

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A longstanding problem in the interpretation of the X-ray and extreme ultraviolet emission from strongly magnetic cataclysmic variables can be addressed definitively with high resolution EUV spectroscopy. A detailed photospheric spectrum of the accretion-heated polar cap of the white dwarf is sensitive in principle to the temperature structure of the atmosphere. This may allow us to determine where and how the bulk of the accretion energy is thermalized. The EUVE data on AM Herculis and EF Eridani are presented and discussed in this context.

Type
VI. Cataclysmic Variable Stars
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 152: Astrophysics in the Extreme Ultraviolet , 1996 , pp. 309 - 316
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996

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