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A Thermonuclear Flash on a White Dwarf's Pole
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.com · a magnet funnels stolen hydrogen onto one polar cap · then that cap ignites
Cap fuel
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Flash
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Companion star & its gas stream
Magnetic field & funneled hydrogen
Hot magnetic polar cap
Contained thermonuclear flash
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