A Synthetic Spectrum and Light Curve Analysis of the Cataclysmic Variable IX Velorum

Dec, 2006
50 pages
Published in:
  • Astrophys.J. 662 (2007) 1204-1219
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Abstract: (arXiv)
Spectrum synthesis analysis of FUSE and STIS spectra of the cataclysmic variable IX Velorum successfully produces a system model. Light synthesis analysis of K band photometry shows that the accretion disk rim is vertically extended beyond the gravitational equilibrium value.