Computer Science
Scientific paper
Aug 2006
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NOAO Proposal ID #2006B-0092
Computer Science
Scientific paper
Cataclysmic variables (CVs) have occasional evidence for bi-polar winds arising from the accretion process, which carry away mass and angular momentum, likely affecting the evolution of the system. For the most part, it has only been possible to study such winds by means of the P Cygni profiles seen in space-UV resonance lines. However, we have found that a number of CVs show wind lines in the optical region of the spectrum, providing the opportunity for ground-based study of changes in the wind to determine its origin, time scales, kinematics, and geometry. Distinct differences in the behaviors of singlet and triplet He I lines provide a means to distinguish wind and disk components; however we know very little about the secular and orbital changes in the winds, or the types of CVs in which winds occur. This proposal is to extend our on- going spectroscopic survey of northern CVs to southern declinations, searching for P Cygni profiles in the He I triplet lines. These data will reveal the kinds of CVs that have winds and how often winds appear, information critical to understanding if such winds contribute to the angular momentum loss that sustains CV evolution.
Honeycutt Kent
Kafka Styliani
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