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Spin-Up and Magnetic Fields in DQ Her Stars
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
We have carried out a detailed comparison of the spin-up behavior of the recently discovered faint long-period X-ray sources, using the accretion torque theory of Ghosh and Lamb. We confirm that these sources are degenerate dwarfs. We find that they have magnetic fields B ~ 1 x 106 G, an order of magnitude smaller than those of AM Her stars. On this basis, we predict that they will show significant polarization in the infrared.
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 72: Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects , 1983 , pp. 229 - 237
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- Copyright © Reidel 1983
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