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Mapping the Line Emission Distribution of Cataclismic Variable Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

T.R. Marsh  and
K. Horne
T.R. Marsh
Affiliation:
Royal Greenwich Observatory, Hailshara, East Sussex, U.K.
K. Horne
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.

Abstract

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We describe a method for imaging the accretion disc of a Cataclysmic Variable star. We use the two-dimensional information contained in the line profiles as they vary with phase to invert the line formation process. Asymmetries in the disc, as are caused by the bright-spot, for example, are accounted for naturally.

Type
II. Radio, IR and Optical Observations
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 93: Cataclysmic Variables: Recent Multi-Frequency Observations and Theoretical Developments , 1987 , pp. 85 - 89
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987

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