Resumen
We developed several alpha-disk models for line-driven winds from cataclysmi c variables. Using 1-D analytic models we explore the conditions necessary for th e existence of a wind, and the dependence of speed and mass-loss with radius. Using a 2-D isothermal model we explore the effects of centrifugal forces, showing that they cause stream lines to collide producing enhanced density regions in the wind. Without these effects, the mass-loss rates obtained would be too low to produce the optical depths required to explain P-Cygni profiles, showing the necessity of 2-D models. Using a 2-D adiabatic model we calculate mass-losses, terminal velocities, and C IV line profiles for various angles. For a disk with Lsun around a white dwarf of 0.6 Msun and 0.01 Rsun, we obtain dot Mwind=8 × 10-12 Msun yr-1, and a terminal velocity ~ 3000 km s-1. The profiles obtained are consistent with observations, in particular with the absorption of the blue-shifted component, the velocities implied by absorption components, the width of emission components, and the strong dependence with inclination.
