Magnetically gated accretion in an accreting 'non-magnetic' white dwarf.

S. Scaringi,Thomas J. Maccarone,Caroline D’Angelo,Christian Knigge,P. Groot

Magnetically gated accretion in an accreting 'non-magnetic' white dwarf.

2017

S. Scaringi
Thomas J. Maccarone
Caroline D’Angelo
Christian Knigge
P. Groot

A weak magnetic field regulates magnetically gated accretion of gas from a companion star onto the white dwarf in the binary system MV Lyrae, previously labelled as a ‘non-magnetic’ system.

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White dwarf
Astrophysics
Binary system
Accretion (meteorology)
Magnetic field
Physics
Neutron star
Field line
Young stellar object
Stars
Light curve

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