Cataclysmic variables as probes of x-ray properties of interstellar grains

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5319-2_42· OSTI ID:6428190

Bode, M F; Evans, A; Norwell, G A

Interstellar-grain properties have previously been probed at wavelengths ranging from the infrared to the ultraviolet. Recent work by other authors has shown that we may also observe the effects of scattering by such grains at x-ray wavelengths. In this paper we suggest that investigations of the x-ray properties of interstellar grains may profitably be conducted in sight lines to variable sources. Particular emphasis is given in this context to cataclysmic variables and related objects.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Keele Univ. (UK)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6428190
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-83-892; CONF-830135-1; ON: DE83009888
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 113; Conference: 7. North American workshop on cataclysmic variables and low-mass X-ray binaries, Boston, MA, USA, 12 Jan 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES
SCATTERING
INTERSTELLAR GRAINS
COMPTON EFFECT
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
IMAGES
MORPHOLOGY
VARIABLE STARS
X RADIATION
BASIC INTERACTIONS
COSMIC RAY SOURCES
DATA
ELASTIC SCATTERING
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
INFORMATION
INTERACTIONS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLES
RADIATIONS
STARS
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