Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2012-01-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Mem. S.A. It. in press
Scientific paper
To mark the half-century anniversary of this newly-born field of Cataclysmic Variables, a special emphasis is made in this review, on the Doppler Effect as a tool in astrophysics. The Doppler Effect was in fact, discovered almost 170 years ago, and has been since, one of the most important tools which helped to develop modern astrophysics. We describe and discuss here, its use in Cataclysmic Variables which, combined with another important tool, the tomography, first devised for medical purposes 70 years ago, helped to devise the astronomical Doppler Tomography, developed only two decades ago. A discussion is made since the first trailed spectra provided a one dimensional analysis of these binaries; on the establishment of a 2D velocity profiling of the accretion discs; and unto modern techniques, which include Roche Tomography, time modulation and 3D imaging.
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