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Structure of Inhomogeneous Accretion Shocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Kinwah Wu
Kinwah Wu*
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006
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Abstract

We investigate the structure of inhomogeneous accretion shocks in magnetic white dwarfs. We find that bremsstrahlung cooling still plays an important role in determining the structure of the post-shock region, even when its cooling timescale is much longer than the cyclotron cooling timescale at the shock surface. Our calculations also show that a substantial amount of the accretion energy is dissipated at the base of the post-shock region through emission of bremsstrahlung radiation.

Type
Galactic and Stellar
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , April 1994 , pp. 61 - 64
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1994

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