Tomography of Polars
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We are reviewing the power of Doppler tomography for detailed investigations of polars (magnetic cataclysmic binaries without accretion disk). Using high-resolution spectroscopy in combination with tomography as analytic tool, the structure and extent of the accretion flows and accretion curtains in the binaries can be uncovered and the irradiated and non-irradiated parts of the mass-donating secondary stars can be made visible. In addition we show, how basic system parameters like the binary inclination and the mass ratio can be addressed by tomography.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9810061,
title = {Tomography of Polars},
author = {Axel D. Schwope and Robert Schwarz and Andreas Staude and Claus Heerlein and Keith Horne and Danny Steeghs},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9810061},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
10 pages, 6figures, Proc. Annapolis Workshop on magnetic cataclysmic variables (MCV2), ASP Conf Ser., in press, see also http://www.aip.de:8080/~preprint/preprints/1998/1998_ads_mcv2.html