ACCRETION PHENOMENA IN CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES

Authors
BAILEY J
Citation
J. Bailey, ACCRETION PHENOMENA IN CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 13(1), 1996, pp. 75-80
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia → ACNP
ISSN journal
13233580
Volume
13
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
75 - 80
Database
ISI
SICI code
1323-3580(1996)13:1<75:APICV>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The processes of accretion onto the white dwarf in a cataclysmic varia ble are reviewed. These systems provide the most easily observable exa mples of accretion disks, and enable the structure of the accretion re gion to be studied in detail. The properties of column accretion onto magnetic cataclysmic variables are also described.