Cyclotron absorption in accreting magnetic white dwarfs

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Nov 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980apj...241.1122c&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 241, Nov. 1, 1980, p. 1122-1130.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Magnetic Stars, Stellar Mass Accretion, White Dwarf Stars, Binary Stars, Cyclotron Frequency, Stellar Rotation

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The cyclotron absorption coefficient is calculated using a three-dimensional Maxwellian distribution for the electrons for a wide range of temperatures and frequencies. Numerical fits are presented and compared with previous results, whose range of validity is clarified. The results are applied to a plasma slab which is perpendicular to the magnetic field, and it is shown that there are deviations from the Rayleigh-Jeans spectrum predicted in earlier works. Comparison with observations for AM Herculis suggests that its magnetic field is about 50-million gauss (or less).

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