SpH Sims to date

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simulations progress in Florida

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by Eleanor Nolan MSc. in Astronomy, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida and National University of Ireland, Galway Supervisor: Dr. Matt Wood, FIT Simulation of Emission Line Profiles and Trailed Spectrograms in Cataclysmic Variables

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Introduction –What is a CV? Binary System with White Dwarf Roche Lobe filling Secondary Mass Transfer Accretion Stream Accretion Disk Bright Spot Evolution of the Disk:

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My Project – Numerical Simulations of an Accretion Disk Simulating ADs using SPH code

Results : 

Results Trailed Spectrograms Emission Line Profiles

Results : SW Sex Star : 

Results : SW Sex Star

Thanks to : 

Thanks to FAS Mr. Rody Molloy Mr. Oliver Egan Mr. John Cahill Dr. Matt Wood Dr. Terry Oswalt and Dr. Hamid Rassoul Astrophysics Department in FIT Professor Mike Redfern, NUIG Tony and Maureen Gannon