A wave model for dwarf novae |
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| Authors: | Warren M. Sparks G. Siegfried Kutter |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, USA;(2) The Evergreen State College, USA |
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| Abstract: | The rapid coherent oscillation during a dwarf nova outburst is attributed to an accretion-driven wave going around the white dwarf component of the binary system. The increase and decrease in the period of this oscillation is due to the change in the velocity of the wave as it is first being driven and then damped. Qualitatively, a large number of observations can be explained with such a model. The beginnings of a mathematical representation of this model are developed. |
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