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Pipeline for Making Images of Gas Flows in Binary Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2012

Mercedes T. Richards
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Astronomy &Astrophysics, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA email: mtr@astro.psu.edu, mjc5336@psu.edu, jgf5013@psu.edu
Elena Slobounov
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Astronomy &Astrophysics, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA email: mtr@astro.psu.edu, mjc5336@psu.edu, jgf5013@psu.edu Pennsylvania State University, Research Computing and Cyberinfrastructure, 224G Computer Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA email: ess3@psu.edu
Marshall Conover
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Astronomy &Astrophysics, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA email: mtr@astro.psu.edu, mjc5336@psu.edu, jgf5013@psu.edu
John Fisher
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Astronomy &Astrophysics, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA email: mtr@astro.psu.edu, mjc5336@psu.edu, jgf5013@psu.edu
Alexander Cocking
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Astronomy &Astrophysics, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA email: mtr@astro.psu.edu, mjc5336@psu.edu, jgf5013@psu.edu
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Abstract

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The data collection and data analysis pipeline for the study and imaging of interacting binaries is outlined. This process includes the systematic collection of time-resolved spectra of individual systems, data reduction including subtraction of the stellar spectra, application of tomography codes to reveal images of the gas flows in 2D and 3D, comparison of the observed spectrum with synthetic spectra of the accretion disk and gas stream, and application of 3D visualization techniques.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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