Juhan Frank, A. R. King
Abstract
The infrared and visual light curves of the cataclysmic binary RW Tri during quiescence are simultaneously fitted by a model in which a red dwarf secondary eclipses an optically thick steady-state accretion disk. This enables the estimation of self-consistent parameters for this model.
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The infrared and visual light curves of the cataclysmic binary RW Tri during quiescence are simultaneously fitted by a model in which a red dwarf secondary eclipses an optically thick steady-state accretion disk. This enables the estimation of self-consistent parameters for this model.
Key concepts: Physics, Astrophysics, Accretion disc, Accretion (finance), Light curve, Intermediate polar, Cataclysmic variable star, Binary number