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Far UV radiation in cataclysmic variables.

Drechsel, H.; Rahe, J.; Wargau, W.

The absolute continuum flux distributions in the far UV region of nine cataclysmic systems exhibit considerable excess radiation over the fluxes expected from steady-state optically thick accretion disk models. The UV continua can alternatively be interpreted as superposition of two blackbody sources: a hot (0.5 - 2×10⁵K) component orig…