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Magnetic moment distribution of magnetic cataclysmic variablesA simulation study is made of the relative numbers of the AM Herculis binaries and the intermediate polars as a function of the orbital period using random variables subject to suitable constraints to describe the various parameters. It is shown that the observations can be matched by a single distribution in the magnetic moment equals 0.7 +/- 0.3. For such an ensemble, the intermediate polars are distributed in the log(Porb) - log(Ps) diagram about the critical disk line but with a larger scatter than observed.
Document ID
19910071435
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Wu, Kinwah
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Wickramasinghe, Dayal T.
(Australian National University Canberra, Australia; Steward Observatory, Tucson, AZ, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices
Volume: 252
ISSN: 0035-8711
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
91A56058
Distribution Limits
Public
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