Accretion disk image reconstruction in cataclysmic variables
Abstract
We developed a program to map the accretion disk brightness distribution in Cataclysmic Variables (CV's) from their eclipse light curves. The results of performance tests for synthetic data are discussed.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- September 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991STIN...9231347B
- Keywords:
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- Accretion Disks;
- Brightness Distribution;
- Cataclysmic Variables;
- Image Reconstruction;
- Statistical Analysis;
- Computer Programs;
- Correlation;
- Performance Tests;
- Astronomy