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Magnetic Fields and Accretion Streams in Polars
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
The flow of matter, the accretion geometry and the energy release in polars (AM Her binaries) are to a large extent dominated by the strong magnetic field of the accreting white dwarf. In this review I summarize the main tools used to investigate the magnetic fields and the accretion streams, using optical and X-ray spectroscopy and photometry.
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- Polar Systems
- Information
- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 158: Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects , 1996 , pp. 189 - 198
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1996