UNSPECIFIED (2005) Doppler tomography. In: International Conference on Zdenek Kopals Binary Star Legacy, MAR 31-APR 03, 2004, Litomysl, CZECH REPUBLIC.

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Abstract

I review the method of Doppler tomography which is widely used to understand the complex emission line profile variations displayed by accreting binary stars. Doppler tomography uses the information encoded in line profiles as a function of orbital phase to calculate the strength of emission as a function of velocity, using a process closely related to medical X-ray tomographic imaging. I review applications which have revealed spiral structures in accretion discs, the accretion flows within magnetically-dominated systems and irradiation induced emission in X-ray binary stars. I also cover some of the more recent extensions to the method which variously allow for Roche geometry, modulation of the fluxes and motion at angles to the orbital plane.

Item Type:	Conference Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Journal or Publication Title:	ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE
Publisher:	SPRINGER
ISSN:	0004-640X
Date:	2005
Volume:	296
Number:	1-4
Number of Pages:	13
Page Range:	pp. 403-415
Publication Status:	Published
Title of Event:	International Conference on Zdenek Kopals Binary Star Legacy
Location of Event:	Litomysl, CZECH REPUBLIC
Date(s) of Event:	MAR 31-APR 03, 2004
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/7116

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