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Column Accretion on to White Dwarfs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

A. R. King
A. R. King*
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of Leicester, Leicester LEI 7RH, England

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The problem of column accretion on to white dwarfs in the AM Her and DQ Her systems is reviewed. Particular attention is paid to recent progress in explaining the large soft X-ray - EUV fluxes observed in these systems in terms of nonlocal electron energy transport into the white dwarf photosphere.

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Research Article
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International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 72: Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects , 1983 , pp. 181 - 197
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Copyright © Reidel 1983

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