Accretion disks in cataclysmic variables. I. The eclipse-related phase shifts in DQ Herculis and UX Ursae Majoris

Journal Article · Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · Astrophys. J.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/158337· OSTI ID:6678771

Petterson, J A

A model is described for a cataclysmic-variable binary system in which a large accretion disk reflects radiation from a progradely rotating source on or near the white dwarf sufrace, thus producing rapid oscillations in the optical light. Numerical calculations of the reflection process are presented which simulate the behavior of the oscillations as the system goes through exlipse.

• Research Organization: Physics Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• OSTI ID: 6678771
• Journal Information: Astrophys. J.; (United States), Vol. 241:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BINARY STARS
STAR ACCRETION
STAR MODELS
ECLIPSE
PHASE SHIFT
STAR EVOLUTION
VARIABLE STARS
VISIBLE RADIATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
RADIATIONS
STARS
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