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Accretion Geometry of Synchronously Rotating Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables: Theories versus Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Kinwah Wu ,
D. T. Wickramasinghe ,
J. Bailey  and
A. F. Tennant
Kinwah Wu
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006
D. T. Wickramasinghe
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Australian National University, ACT 0200
J. Bailey
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory, Epping, NSW 2121
A. F. Tennant
Affiliation:
ES-65, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA
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Abstract

We review the magnetic locking of the white dwarf and the companion star in AM Herculis-type binaries for various white dwarf magnetic field structures, and compare the theoretical results with observations. The model in which the white dwarf has a dipole plus a quadrupole field is found to be in closest agreement with the recent observations.

Type
Galactic and Stellar
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , August 1994 , pp. 198 - 200
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1994

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