Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996a%26a...306..232w&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.306, p.232
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
59
Binaries: Close, Stars: White Dwarfs, Magnetic Fields, Radiative Transfer, Radiation Processes: Thermal
Scientific paper
Using an artificial viscosity, we solved the one-dimensional time-independent two-fluid hydrodynamic equations simultaneously to the fully frequency and angle dependent radiation transport in an accretion flow directed towards the surface of a magnetic white dwarf. We consider energy transfer from ions to electrons by Coulomb encounters and cooling by bremsstrahlung and by cyclotron radiation in fields between B=5 and 70MG. Electron and ion temperatures relax in the post-shock regime and the cooling flow settles onto the white dwarf surface. For high mass flow rates ˙(m) (in g/cm^2^/s), cooling takes place mainly by bremsstrahlung and the solutions approach the non-magnetic case. For low ˙(m) and high B, cooling is dominated by cyclotron radiation which causes the thickness of the cooling region to collapse by 1-2 orders of magnitude compared to the non-magnetic case. The electron temperature behind the shock drops from a few 10^8^ to a few 10^7^K and the ratio of cyclotron vs. total radiative flux approaches unity. For high ˙(m) and low B values, bremsstrahlung dominates, but cyclotron losses can never be neglected. We find a smooth transition from particle-heated to shock-heated atmospheres in the maximum electron temperature and also in the thickness of the heated layer. With these results, the stationary radiation-hydrodynamics of accreting magnetic white dwarfs with cyclotron and bremsstrahlung cooling has been solved for the whole range of observed mass flow rates and field strengths.
Beuermann Klaus
Woelk U.
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