학술논문
Laboratory analogue of a supersonic accretion column in a binary star system
Document Type
article
Author
J. E. Cross; G. Gregori; J. M. Foster; P. Graham; J. -M. Bonnet-Bidaud; C. Busschaert; N. Charpentier; C. N. Danson; H. W. Doyle; R. P. Drake; J. Fyrth; E. T. Gumbrell; M. Koenig; C. Krauland; C. C. Kuranz; B. Loupias; C. Michaut; M. Mouchet; S. Patankar; J. Skidmore; C. Spindloe; E. R. Tubman; N. Woolsey; R. Yurchak; É. Falize
Source
Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2016)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2041-1723
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.