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Computational Models of the Accretion Stream in Polars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Jennifer L. Cash
Jennifer L. Cash*
Affiliation:
South Carolina State University, Physical Sciences Department., P. O. Box 7024, Orangeburg, SC 29117, USA

Abstract

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I present the current results of my computational modeling of the accretion stream in polars. These numerical stream models, generated using an SPH code, yield a 3-dimensional map of the gas distribution throughout the stream, including the distribution of material as it impacts the white dwarf surface. The major features of the accretion streams generated by the model code are presented as well as results of a model representing EF Eri. The prospective future development of the model is also discussed.

Type
Part 5. Accretion Streams
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 190: Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables , 2004 , pp. 272 - 273
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004

References

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Cash, J. 2002, PhD Thesis, University of Wyoming Google Scholar
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