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| Paper: |
Observing the Accretion Stream in Polars |
| Volume: |
157, Annapolis Workshop on Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables |
| Page: |
99 |
| Authors: |
Kube, Jens; Gänsicke, Boris T.; Beuermann, Klaus |
| Abstract: |
We have developed a 3-D computer model of polars which includes the accretion stream, the accretion column, the secondary star, and the white dwarf. Each component is represented by a fine grid of surface elements. With brightness values attributed to each surface element, this model generates synthetic light curves of the various components. As a first application, we present our simulated light curves of the accretion stream, fitted to high-speed HST spectroscopy of the eclipsing polar UZ Fornacis by the means of an evolutionary strategy. |
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