Three-dimensional calculation of magnetic braking in synchronously rotating magnetic binaries

Details Three-dimensional calculation of magnetic braking in synchronously rotating magnetic binaries Three-dimensional calculation of magnetic braking in synchronously rotating magnetic binaries

Sep 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995mnras.276..255l&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 276, Issue 1, pp. 255-262.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Binaries: General, Stars: Magnetic Fields, Novae, Cataclysmic Variables, White Dwarfs

Scientific paper

We construct a three-dimensional magnetic braking model for synchronously rotating magnetic binaries. The total magnetic flux in open field lines from the secondary star, which is responsible for magnetic braking, is calculated for a range of values of white dwarf field strength. The three-dimensional calculations improve the accuracy in determining the rate of angular momentum loss and confirm that the actual braking rate is in between the values given by the `ring' and the `coin' models in our previous two-dimensional calculations.

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