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The scalability of the accretion column in magnetic cataclysmic variables: the POLAR project

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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.

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  1. CEA-DAM-DIF, 91297, Arpajon, France

    É. Falize, B. Loupias & J.-P. Leidinger

  2. LUTH, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris-Diderot, 92190, Meudon, France

    É. Falize, C. Michaut & C. Cavet

  3. LULI Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, CEA, UPMC, Route de Saclay, 91128, Palaiseau, France

    A. Ravasio, C. D. Gregory, A. Dizière & M. Koenig

  4. GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris-Diderot, 92190, Meudon, France

    P. Barroso

  5. Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications (CELIA), UMR 5107, Université Bordeaux 1, 351, cours de la Liberation, 33405, Talence Cedex, France

    X. Ribeyre & J. Breil

  6. Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    H. Takabe, Y. Sakawa, Y. Kuramitsu & T. Morita

  7. Department of Physics, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK

    N. C. Woolsey

  8. School of Chemistry, University St Andrews, Purdie Blg, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK

    W. Nazarov

  9. Joint Institute for High Temperatures of RAS, Izhorskaya 13/19, Moscow, 125412, Russia

    S. Pikuz

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  1. É. Falize
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Falize, É., Loupias, B., Ravasio, A. et al. The scalability of the accretion column in magnetic cataclysmic variables: the POLAR project. Astrophys Space Sci 336, 81–85 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-011-0655-4

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