Numerical simulations of high-energy flows in accreting magnetic white dwarfs
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx2557
Abstract: Some polars show quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in their optical light curves that have been interpreted as the result of shock oscillations driven by the cooling instability. Although numerical simulations can recover this physics, they wrongly… read more here.
Keywords: high energy; energy flows; numerical simulations; shock oscillations ... See more keywords