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We consider time dependent accretion onto white dwarfs with strong magnetic fields. For certain conditions this flow is unstable and leads to large periodic variations in the hard X-ray luminosity. If the magnetic field is large enough, electron cyclotron radiation will stabilize the flow. We also discuss the probable observational appearance of the oscillations found in our calculations.
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Langer, S.H. (1985). Time Dependent Accretion Flows in the AM Her Systems. In: Lamb, D.Q., Patterson, J. (eds) Cataclysmic Variables and Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 113. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5319-2_27
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