New insights from inside-out Doppler tomography

TL;DR

This paper explores an innovative inside-out velocity space approach for Doppler tomography, aiming to improve the visualization of accretion dynamics in cataclysmic variables and potentially reveal new insights.

Contribution

It introduces an inside-out Doppler tomography method and compares it with traditional techniques, highlighting its potential to enhance understanding of accretion processes.

Findings

Inside-out velocity space can invert the appearance of Doppler tomograms.

Preliminary results suggest potential for new insights into accretion dynamics.

Comparison indicates advantages over traditional Doppler tomography.

Abstract

We present preliminary results from our investigation into using an 'inside-out' velocity space for creating a Doppler tomogram. The aim is to transpose the inverted appearance of the Cartesian velocity space used in normal Doppler tomography. In a comparison between normal and inside-out Doppler tomograms of cataclysmic variables, we show that the inside-out velocity space has the potential to produce new insights into the accretion dynamics in these systems.