NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Press Enter or click the Search button to begin your search.

Back to Results
IUE observations of cataclysmic variableTwenty two approved International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) programs were studied over a 14 year period. These programs are listed. The observations and subsequent analysis centered on cataclysmic variables (close binaries with a late main sequence star transferring material to a primary white dwarf via an accretion disk). The early studies highlighted the flux distribution of the accretion disk at outburst and quiescence, while later studies accomplished time-resolved observations throughout the orbital cycles, the study of the outflowing winds present at outburst, the study of the white dwarf in those systems with low accretion rate. There are 39 publications resulting from this work which are listed. These results include those for individual systems (Stepanian's star, Lanning 10, AM Her, MV Lyr, TV Col, VW Hyi, T Leo, IR Gem, TT Ari, Z Cam, BV Pup, IP Peg, PG1030+590, V1315 Aql, SW UMa, V426 Oph, WZ Sge, BY Cam, and U Gem) as well as review articles in journals and publications from reviews at meetings that summarize the impact of IUE on the study of accretion disks, white dwarfs, and hot spots resulting from stream impact as well as magnetic accretion columns.
Document ID
19930019445
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Szkody, Paula
(Washington Univ. Seattle, WA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
June 20, 1993
Subject Category
Astronomy
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-193188
NAS 1.26:193188
Report Number: NASA-CR-193188
Report Number: NAS 1.26:193188
Accession Number
93N28634
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-5395
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
No Preview Available