Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jul 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988apj...330..264l&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 330, July 1, 1988, p. 264-273.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Cataclysmic Variables, Dwarf Novae, Heavy Elements, Interstellar Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Stars, White Dwarf Stars, Binary Stars, Light Curve, Polar Caps, Stellar Evolution
Scientific paper
The question of nova outbursts on magnetic white dwarfs among AM Her systems is examined. In particular, the effects of the presence of a strong magnetic field on the development of a thermonuclear runaway (TNR) are studied. The magnetic field is capable of weakening the outburst both through the inhibition of shear and diffusion mixing (which results in lower enrichments by heavy elements) and by interference with the development of convection during the TNR (which results in lower ejection velocities). The apparent absence of classical novae among AM Her systems may nevertheless have been due to selection effects, which are a consequence of the lower accretion rates below the period gap and the very narrow range in mass ratios capable of producing novae below the gap.
Livio Mario
Shankar Anurag
Truran James W.
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