2003/02/06 by João Batista Garcia Canalle, J. B. G. Canalle, Canalle, J. B. G. +10
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0302122
To be published in Proc Workshop magnetic CVs, Cape Town, Dec 2002
arxiv created 2003/02/06 · openalex publication_date 2003/02/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A hydrodynamic formulation for accretion flow channeled by a dipolar magnetic field is constructed using a curvi-linear coordinate system natural to the field structure. We solve the hydrodynamic equations and determine the velocity, density and temperature profiles of the post-shock accretion flow. The results are applied to accretion flows in intermediate polars. We have found that for systems with massive white dwarfs (~1Msolar) the temperature profiles in the flow can differ significantly to those obtained from models in which the accretion column is assumed to be cylindrical.