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The vertical structure of the boundary layer around compact objects

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Context. Mass transfer due to Roche lobe overflow leads to the formation of an accretion disk around a weakly magnetized white dwarf (WD) in cataclysmic variables. At the inner edge of the disk, the gas comes upon the surface of the WD and has to get rid of its excess kinetic energy in order to settle down on the more slowly rotating outer stellar layers. This region is known as the boundary layer (BL).

Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730847

Authors: Marius Hertfelder, Wilhelm Kley

Institution: University of Tübingen

Language: English

Topic: Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

Awards: G1741598991, G2805343336, G7291426837