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The Emission from Post-Shock Flows in mCVs

Astrophysics 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We re-examine the vertical structure of the post-shock flow in the accretion region of mCVs, and the X-ray emission as a function of height. We then predict X-ray light curves and phase-resolved spectra, taking into account the vertical structure, examine the implications and check whether the predicted heights are compatible with observation.

Cite

@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9907285,
  title  = {The Emission from Post-Shock Flows in mCVs},
  author = {Mark Cropper and Kinwah Wu and Gavin Ramsay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9907285},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

6 pages, to be published in the Proc of the Symp. to mark the 60th birthday of Brian Warner