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view Abstract Citations (30) References (52) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS X-Ray Emission from Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables and White Dwarf Mass Estimates Wu, Kinwah ; Chanmugam, G. ; Shaviv, G. Abstract We have calculated the temperature and density structures of the postshock regions in accreting magnetic white dwarfs and deduced the related X-ray emission. Our calculations show that the X-rays from structured postshock regions with strong magnetic fields are significantly softer than the X-rays from model emission regions, which are assumed to be homogeneous. Inclusion of these effects, and an improved mass-radius relation for white dwarfs, leads to higher white dwarf masses than estimated by Ishida in his recent work. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: December 1995 DOI: 10.1086/176574 Bibcode: 1995ApJ...455..260W Keywords: ACCRETION; ACCRETION DISKS; HYDRODYNAMICS; STARS: MAGNETIC FIELDS; STARS: WHITE DWARFS; X-RAYS: STARS full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (22)
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