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A Synthetic Spectrum and Light Curve Analysis of the Cataclysmic Variable IX Velorum

Albert P. Linnell, Patrick Godon, Ivan Hubeny, Edward M. Sion, Paula Szkody

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0612657

Abstract

Spectrum synthesis analysis of FUSE and STIS spectra of the cataclysmic variable IX Velorum successfully produces a system model. Light synthesis analysis of K band photometry shows that the accretion disk rim is vertically extended beyond the gravitational equilibrium value.

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