Clues to the Structure of the Boundary Layer in Cataclysmic Variables from Observations of the Flickering

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Aug 1993

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol.275, NO. 1/AUG(I), P. 219, 1993

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11

Accretion, Accretion Disks, Stars: Novae And Cataclysmic Variables, Star: Binaries: Close, Stars: Variable

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We propose that the domain of origin of the flickering in Cataclysmic Variables is the boundary layer between the white dwarf and the accretion disk. In the framework of a one-zone model for radially extended boundary layers, we determine limits for the geometrical size of the boundary layer and find typical values of ≳2 white dwarf radii. The boundary layer temperatures that result from such models lie within the domain of the observed values, and thus offer a solution to the mystery of the missing boundary layer.

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