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Mass and Angular Momentum Flows in Magnetic CVs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

A. R. King
A. R. King*
Affiliation:
Astronomy Group, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK

Abstract

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I review recent progress in understanding the accretion geometry and angular momentum flows in magnetic CVs. The recent discovery that AE Aqr is an ejector demonstrates that the criterion for disc formation depends on the spin rate of the white dwarf, in addition to the strength of its magnetic field. It seems likely that AE Aqr represents one phase of a cyclic evolution followed by magnetic CVs. An important consequence is that an observed white dwarf spin rate is not uniquely determined by current properties of the system (e.g. magnetic field and instantaneous accretion rate), but also by its history.

Type
Intermediate Polars
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 158: Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects , 1996 , pp. 153 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996

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