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Magnetic Reconnection in the Accretion-Disk Corona of Compact Stars

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White Dwarfs

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There is some similitude in physical conditions between the system “disk — corona” of compact stars (such as white dwarfs or neutron stars) and the system “photosphere — corona” of the Sun (e.g. [1], [2]). This is a basic idea of our study.

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Oreshina, A.V., Oreshina, I.V., Somov, B.V. (2003). Magnetic Reconnection in the Accretion-Disk Corona of Compact Stars. In: de Martino, D., Silvotti, R., Solheim, JE., Kalytis, R. (eds) White Dwarfs. NATO Science Series, vol 105. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0215-8_63

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