The scalability of the accretion column in magnetic cataclysmic variables: the POLAR project
Emeric Falize
(1, 2)
,
B. Loupias
(1)
,
Alessandra Ravasio
(3)
,
C. D. Gregory
(3)
,
A. Dizière
(3)
,
M. Koenig
(3)
,
Claire Michaut
(2)
,
Cécile Cavet
(2)
,
Patrice Barroso
(4)
,
J.-P. Leidinger
(1)
,
X. Ribeyre
(5)
,
J. Breil
(5)
,
H. Takabe
(6)
,
Youichi Sakawa
(6)
,
Y. Kuramitsu
(6)
,
T. Morita
(6)
,
N. C. Woolsey
(7)
,
W. Nazarov
(8)
,
S. A. Pikuz
(9)
1
DAM/DIF -
DAM Île-de-France
2 LUTH (UMR_8102) - Laboratoire Univers et Théories
3 LULI - Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses
4 GEPI - Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation
5 CELIA - Centre d'Etudes Lasers Intenses et Applications
6 Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
7 Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington
8 School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews
9 Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Science
2 LUTH (UMR_8102) - Laboratoire Univers et Théories
3 LULI - Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses
4 GEPI - Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation
5 CELIA - Centre d'Etudes Lasers Intenses et Applications
6 Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
7 Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington
8 School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews
9 Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Science
Résumé
In this paper, theoretical and experimental laboratory astrophysics results are presented from the POLAR project, the main focus of which is to design and diagnose an exact scaled accretion column using powerful lasers. These measurements allow the testing of the astrophysical models of accretion processes present in magnetic cataclysmic variables.