Testing the magnetically and line-driven disk wind models of winds in cataclysmic variables

Computer Science

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

Hst Proposal Id #9532 Hot Stars

Scientific paper

We propose a comprehensive program to study outflows from accretion disks in cataclysmic variables {CVs}. These binary stars have been extensively observed with HST. Previous studies, including our own, show that such disks can produce winds driven by line radiation pressure. However, despite great progress in both observational and theoretical studies, many basic properties of the outflows are still poorly known. For example, the mass-loss rates, and the roles of radiation pressure versus magnetic forces in launching/accelerating/shaping the outflows, are very uncertain. We will continue to use the multi-dimensional, time-dependent, magneto-hydrodynamical code ZEUS to compute, from first principles, the structures of winds driven from accretion disks by line radiation pressure with and without magnetic fields. Results of the project will provide basic dynamical and kinematical properties of disk winds. We will use these properties to calculate theoretical wind diagnostics, such as line profiles, for direct comparison with UV observations taken with HST.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Testing the magnetically and line-driven disk wind models of winds in cataclysmic variables does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Testing the magnetically and line-driven disk wind models of winds in cataclysmic variables, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Testing the magnetically and line-driven disk wind models of winds in cataclysmic variables will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-733648

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.