Line formation in the hot SPOT region of cataclysmic variable accretion disks

Details Line formation in the hot SPOT region of cataclysmic variable accretion disks Line formation in the hot SPOT region of cataclysmic variable accretion disks

Jan 1988

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 324, Jan. 1, 1988, p. 405-410.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Accretion Disks, Cataclysmic Variables, Line Spectra, Stellar Spectra, Balmer Series, Binary Stars, Continuous Radiation, Periodic Variations

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The paper presents a theoretical analysis of the emission lines observed in the cataclysmic variable A0 Psc (=H2252-035), including detailed modeling of the hydrogen Balmer line emission. The analysis makes it possible to deduce the physical conditions in the so called 'hot spot', or 'bulge' region where the accretion column hits the rim of the accretion disk. It is concluded that the bulge is optically thick to the ionizing disk radiation. Consequently, its disk illuminated face is fully ionized whereas the side facing away from the disk is neutral, resulting in modulation of the observed emission lines with the orbital period. The density in the hot spot is about 5 x 10 to the 12th to 10 to the 13th/cu cm.

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