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Radiation Hydrodynamics of Accreting Magnetic White Dwarfs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

K. Beuermann
Affiliation:
Univ.-Sternwarte, Geismarlandstr. 11, 37083 Göttingen, FRG
U. Woelk
Affiliation:
Univ.-Sternwarte, Geismarlandstr. 11, 37083 Göttingen, FRG

Abstract

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We solved the stationary one-dimensional two-fluid radiation hydrodynamic equations including cyclotron radiation for a wide range of mass flow rates. Here, we discuss the implications for accretion phenomena on the white dwarfs in AM Her binaries.

Type
Polar Systems
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996

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