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Laboratory analogue of a supersonic accretion column in a binary star system
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2016.
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Abstract
- Stationary radiative shocks are expected to form above the surface of highly-magnetized white dwarves in binary systems, but this cannot be resolved by telescopes. Here, the authors report a laboratory experiment showing the evolution of a reverse shock when both ionization and radiative losses are important.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.7e067a3843f4aaa843c5594b4089ab6
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11899