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| Paper: |
Advances in Accretion Disk Physics and Accreting White Dwarfs in Explosive Interacting Binaries Using Tlusty |
| Volume: |
519, Radiative Signatures from the Cosmos |
| Page: |
223 |
| Authors: |
Sion, E. M.; Godon, P. |
| Abstract: |
The powerful capabilities of the spectral synthesis codes developed
by Ivan Hubeny and collaborators (TLUSTY, SYNSPEC, DISKSYN) have
revolutionized the analysis of ultraviolet (UV) spectra of accreting
white dwarfs in interacting binaries, using orbiting observatories
(IUE, HST (FOS, GHRS, STIS, COS), FUSE). These analytical tools have
opened up a broad array of new insights into accretion physics in
compact binaries and wider systems with giant donor companions.
Specifically, detailed investigations of cataclysmic variables (CVs)
(dwarf novae, nova-like variables, post-novae, recurrent nova,
symbiotic variables, symbiotic novae) have yielded a treasure
trove of physical parameters of the hot accreting components
including surface temperatures, rotational velocities, chemical
abundances, surface gravities, and accretion rates. This has led to
the construction of a big overall picture of accretion physics
and CV evolution. Examples of these advances in the area of
accreting white dwarfs are presented. |
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