Cambridge University Press (CUP), Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 1(13), p. 75-80, 1996
DOI: 10.1017/s1323358000020579
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AbstractThe processes of accretion onto the white dwarf in a cataclysmic variable are reviewed. These systems provide the most easily observable examples of accretion disks, and enable the structure of the accretion region to be studied in detail. The properties of column accretion onto magnetic cataclysmic variables are also described.