ACCRETION GEOMETRY OF SYNCHRONOUSLY ROTATING MAGNETIC CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES - THEORIES VERSUS OBSERVATIONS

Authors
WU KW WICKRAMASINGHE DT BAILEY J TENNANT AF
Citation
Kw. Wu et al., ACCRETION GEOMETRY OF SYNCHRONOUSLY ROTATING MAGNETIC CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES - THEORIES VERSUS OBSERVATIONS, Proceedings - Astronomical Society of Australia, 11(2), 1994, pp. 198-200
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Proceedings - Astronomical Society of Australia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00669997
Volume
11
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
198 - 200
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-9997(1994)11:2<198:AGOSRM>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We review the magnetic locking of the white dwarf and the companion st ar in AM Herculis-type binaries for various white dwarf magnetic field structures, and compare the theoretical results with observations. Th e model in which the white dwarf has a dipole plus a quadrupole field is found to be in closest agreement with the recent observations.