X-ray Spectroscopy of Cataclysmic Variables

dc.creatorMukai, Koji
dc.date2001-12-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:01:39Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:01:39Z
dc.descriptionIn cataclysmic variables (CVs), accretion onto white dwarfs produces high temperature, high density plasmas. They cool down from kT~10 keV via bremsstrahlung continuum and K and L shell line emissions. The small volume around white dwarfs means that the plasma densities are much higher than in, e.g., stellar coronae, probably beyond the range well-described by existing models. I will describe potential diagnostics of the temperatures, the densities, and the optical depths of X-ray emitting plasmas in CVs, and present the recent Chandra grating spectra of the magnetic CV V1223 Sgr as an example.
dc.description10 pages, including 7 figures; invited talk presented at COSPAR Scientific Assembly in Warsaw, July 2000, to appear in Advances in Space Research
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0112048
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0112048
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/3828
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleX-ray Spectroscopy of Cataclysmic Variables
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