
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tennant, Allyn F 
A1  - Weisskopf, Martin C 
A1  - O'Dell, Stephen L 
A1  - Wu, Kinwah 
T1  - Simulating AXAF Grating Spectra of Accreting White Dwarfs
JF  - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
JO  - Publ. Astron. Soc.  Aust.
Y1  - 1998
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
SP  - 339
EP  - 347
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AS98339 
N2  - We present simulated AXAF spectra of accreting white dwarfs, using parameters appropriate for magnetic cataclysmic variables. The very high spectral resolution that can be obtained with the High-Energy Transmission Grating of AXAF can resolve the keV X-ray emission lines that characterise the temperature, density and velocity profiles of the shock-heated emission regions of these systems. These simulations demonstrate that actual spectra will allow us to place constraints on the white-dwarf mass and the accretion rate of the systems. The high-resolution spectra also allow the measurement of the velocity of the accretion flow in regions close to the white-dwarf surface. 
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