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Clues and Modelling for Missing Boundary Layer in Cataclysmic Variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M. Huang ,
W.M. Sparks  and
E.M. Sion
M. Huang
Affiliation:
Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA
W.M. Sparks
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
E.M. Sion
Affiliation:
Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA

Abstract

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Recently, it has become observationally evident that during a dwarf nova (DN) outburst, a significant portion of the gravitational energy accreted onto the white dwarf (WD) may not be radiated away instantly from a narrow boundary layer as predicted by the standard disk theory. Instead, it may be stored in the WD through various mechanisms and the radiative area may be much larger; thus the long-puzzling missing boundary layer may be accounted for when the response of the WD to the accretion is considered. The results from our group and collaborators on this aspect are outlined in the first part. A progress report on the development of a new numerical model forms the second.

Type
Part 15. Poster Papers
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 163: Accretion Phenomena and Related Outflows , 1997 , pp. 727 - 728
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1997

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