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Hydrodynamic Models of the Accretion Stream in Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables
2004
International Astronomical Union Colloquium
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Hero I use the MHD code, FLASH, from the University of Chicago ASCI Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes, to simulate initial two-dimensional simple models of accretion streams in magnetic CVs. These models explore the evolution of inflowing material for two white dwarf masses; 0.5M⊙ and 0.9M⊙. It is seen that a discontinuity forms at a height of 6.1 X 108 cm above the white dwarf 'surface' for MWD = 0.5M⊙ and at 1.6 X 109 cm for MWD = 0.9M⊙. These models will be developed further
doi:10.1017/s0252921100153084
fatcat:vka3kbj43bdufet3sumxlgbo5u