Observing the Accretion Stream in Polars
| dc.creator | Kube, Jens | |
| dc.creator | Gaensicke, Boris T. | |
| dc.creator | Beuermann, Klaus | |
| dc.date | 1998-10-06 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:28:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:28:14Z | |
| dc.description | We have developed a 3D computer model of polars which includes the accretion stream, the accretion column, the secondary star, and the white dwarf. Each component is represented by a fine grid of surface elements. With brightness values attributed to each surface element, this model generates synthetic light curves of the various components. As a first application, we present our simulated light curves of the accretion stream, fitted to high-speed HST spectroscopy of the eclipsing polar UZ Fornacis by the means of an evolution strategy. | |
| dc.description | 4 pages, 3 figures containing 13 subfigures in total. To appear in Annapolis workshop on magnetic cataclysmic variables (MCV2), ASP Conf. Ser., in press. Additional mpeg-video at http://www.uni-sw.gwdg.de/~jkube/video.mpg | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9810081 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9810081 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/13038 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Observing the Accretion Stream in Polars | |
| dc.type | text |