Energy Transport in Radially Accreting White Dwarf Stars

Thompson, Alan McLure (1986) Energy Transport in Radially Accreting White Dwarf Stars. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

AM Herculis stars form a subclass of cataclysmic variables, the defining characteristic of which is that they possess a high degree of polarisation at optical frequencies. Physically they have two notable features. Firstly, the white dwarf star has a sufficiently high magnetic field (B ~ 10.

• Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
• Qualification Level: Doctoral
• Keywords: Astronomy
• Date of Award: 1986
• Depositing User: Enlighten Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:1986-77426
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 14 Jan 2020 09:08
• Last Modified: 14 Jan 2020 09:08
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/77426