Steady-state model of accretion columns in magnetic cataclysmic variables
Abstract
The standard model of accretion columns in magnetic cataclysmic variables is investigated through semi-analytical solutions in the steady-state regime. The balance between bremsstrahlung and cyclotron cooling is studied and the effects of the white dwarf gravitational field are analysed.
- Publication:
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SF2A-2016: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- December 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016sf2a.conf...69V
- Keywords:
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- magnetic cataclysmic variables;
- radiative shocks;
- accretion processes;
- high-energy processes