Accretion on to highly magnetized white dwarfs
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- 1 October 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 188 (3) , 653-668
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/188.3.653
Abstract
A quantitative theory of accretion on to white dwarfs with magnetic fields of order 107–108G is developed. The theory is applied to AM Her and successfully fits X-ray, optical and infrared observations as well as predicting correctly the temporal behaviour of the system.Keywords
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