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Accretion Phenomena in Cataclysmic Variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Jeremy Bailey*
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory, PO Box 296, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia. jab@aaoepp.aao.gov.au

Abstract

The processes of accretion onto the white dwarf in a cataclysmic variable are reviewed. These systems provide the most easily observable examples of accretion disks, and enable the structure of the accretion region to be studied in detail. The properties of column accretion onto magnetic cataclysmic variables are also described.

Type
Magnetic Fields, Disks and Jets: A Workshop organised by the ANU Astrophysical Theory Centre The ANU Astrophysical Theory Centre
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1996

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