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A wave model for dwarf novaeThe rapid coherent oscillation during a dwarf nova outburst is attributed to an accretion-driven wave going around the white dwarf component of the binary system. The increase and decrease in the period of this oscillation is due to the change in the velocity of the wave as it is first being driven and then damped. Qualitatively, a large number of observations can be explained with such a model. The beginnings of a mathematical representation of this model are developed.
Document ID
19810037391
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Sparks, W. M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics, Greenbelt, Md., United States)
Kutter, G. S.
(Evergreen State College Olympia, Wash., United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1980
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
81A21795
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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