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		| Paper: | 
		``Genetically modified fireflies'' -- 3D eclipse mapping for polars | 
	 
	
		| Volume: | 
		261, The Physics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects | 
	 
	
		| Page: | 
		153 | 
	 
	
		| Authors: | 
		Hakala, P. J.; Cropper, M.; Ramsay, G. | 
	 
	
	
		| Abstract: | 
		We present a new method for modelling the accretion stream emission in AM Herculis systems based on eclipse profiles. In our approach we model the accretion stream as a collection of light emitting particles (i.e. ``fireflies''). The shape and location of the stream is found by means of genetic optimization. | 
	 
	
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