1998/10/06 by J. Kube, Jens Kube, Kube, Jens +6
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9810081
4 pages, 3 figures containing 13 subfigures in total. To appear in Annapolis workshop on magnetic cataclysmic variables (MCV2), ASP Conf. Ser., in press. Additional mpeg-video at http://www.uni-sw.gwdg.de/~jkube/video.mpg
arxiv created 1998/10/06 · openalex publication_date 1998/10/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We have developed a 3D computer model of polars which includes the accretion stream, the accretion column, the secondary star, and the white dwarf. Each component is represented by a fine grid of surface elements. With brightness values attributed to each surface element, this model generates synthetic light curves of the various components. As a first application, we present our simulated light curves of the accretion stream, fitted to high-speed HST spectroscopy of the eclipsing polar UZ Fornacis by the means of an evolution strategy.