'Stokes imaging' of the accretion region in magnetic cataclysmic variables - I. Conception and realization

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 297, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1261-1268

  Potter, S B ^a   Hakala, P J ^a,b   Cropper, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion discs; Binaries: close; Methods: analytical; Novae, cataclysmic variables; Techniques: polarimetric; X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION;

ACCRETION: ACCRETION DISKS; BINARIES: CLOSE; CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES; CYCLOTRON EMISSION; METHODS:ANALYTICAL; MODEL SOLUTION; NOVAE CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES; STOKES IMAGING; TECHNIQUES: POLARIMETRIC; X-RAY:STARS;

WHITE DWARFS;

EID: 0000994676     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01608.x     Document Type: Article

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