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1. Understanding variable stars
by Percy, John R
2007, ISBN 0521232538, Volume 9780521232531, xxi, 350
This book was first published in 2007. Variable stars are those that change brightness. Their variability may be due to geometric processes such as rotation,... 
Variable stars | Physics
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2. Variable stars
by Petit, Michel, 1935
1987, ISBN 0471909203, xvi, 257
Variable stars
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3. Variable stars
by Hoffmeister, C. 1892-1968 (Cuno) and Richter, Gerold and Wenzel, W. 1929- (Wolfgang)
1985, ISBN 9780387134031, xv, 328
Variable stars
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4. Cataclysmic variable stars
: how and why they vary
by Hellier, Coel
2001, Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences, ISBN 1852332115, xiv, 210
Cataclysmic variable stars
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5. Full Text On the M v-Inclination Relationship for Nova-like Variables
by Howell, Steve B and Mason, Elena
Astronomical Journal, ISSN 0004-6256, 11/2018, Volume 156, Issue 5, p. 198
Using a sample of Nova-like stars from the Ritter & Kolb catalog, we examine the relationship between their Gaia-determined absolute magnitude and the... 
binaries: general | stars: dwarf novae | accretion, accretion disks | novae, cataclysmic variables | ECLIPSES | UX URSAE-MAJORIS | HUBBLE-SPACE-TELESCOPE | SCULPTORIS | STATIONARY ACCRETION DISKS | FAR-ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY | ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDES | accretion | PHOTOMETRY | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES | accretion disks | PERIOD GAP | Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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6. Cataclysmic variable stars
by Warner, Brian
1995, Cambridge astrophysics series, ISBN 9780521412315, Volume 28., xxix, 572
The study of cataclysmic variables - interacting binary stars containing a white dwarf accreting from an orbiting companion - is undergoing an exciting... 
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7. Full Text The donor stars of cataclysmic variables
by Knigge, Christian
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, ISSN 0035-8711, 12/2006, Volume 373, Issue 2, pp. 484 - 502
We carefully consider observational and theoretical constraints on the global properties of secondary stars in cataclysmic variable stars (CVs). We then use... 
stars: fundamental parameters | accretion, accretion disks | stars: distances | novae, cataclysmic variables | Stars: distances | Accretion, accretion disks | Stars: fundamental parameters novae, cataclysmic variables | SECONDARY STARS | stars : distances | LOW-MASS STARS | MAIN-SEQUENCE STARS | COMPACT BINARIES | stars : fundamental parameters | SYSTEM PARAMETERS | INFRARED-SPECTRA | 8190-A SODIUM DOUBLET | BROWN DWARFS | X-RAY BINARIES | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | EVOLUTIONARY MODELS | Stars & galaxies | Orbits | Astronomical research | Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics | Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics | Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics | Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena | Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics | Physics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
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8. Full Text On the evolutionary status of short-period cataclysmic variables
by Littlefair, S. P and Dhillon, V. S and Marsh, T. R and Gänsicke, B. T and Southworth, John and Baraffe, I and Watson, C. A and Copperwheat, C
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, ISSN 0035-8711, 2008, Volume 388, Issue 4, pp. 1582 - 1594
We present high-speed, three-colour photometry of seven short-period (P orb≤ 95 min) eclipsing cataclysmic variables (CVs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.... 
binaries: close | binaries: eclipsing | stars: dwarf novae | novae, cataclysmic variables | Novae, cataclysmic variables | Binaries: eclipsing | Binaries: close | Stars: dwarf novae | CHROMOSPHERIC ACTIVITY | ULTRACAM PHOTOMETRY | LOW-MASS STARS | binaries : close | ORBITAL PERIODS | COOL STARS | BROWN DWARFS | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | binaries : eclipsing | WHITE-DWARF | stars : dwarf novae | NOVA OUTBURSTS | DIGITAL-SKY-SURVEY | RADIUS RELATION | Brown dwarfs | Astrophysics | Star & galaxy formation | Stars & galaxies | Astronomy | Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics | Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics | Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics | Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena | Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics | Physics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
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9. Full Text Hard X-ray cataclysmic variables
by de Martino, D and Bernardini, F and Mukai, K and Falanga, M and Masetti, N
Advances in Space Research, ISSN 0273-1177, 09/2019
Among hard X-ray Galactic sources detected in the Swift and INTEGRAL surveys, those discovered as accreting white dwarf binaries have suprisingly boosted in... 
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10. Full Text Voracious vortexes in cataclysmic variables: A multi-epoch tomographic study of HT Cassiopeia
by Neustroev, V.V and Zharikov, S.V and Borisov, N.V
Astronomy and Astrophysics, ISSN 0004-6361, 02/2016, Volume 586, p. A10
We present multi-epoch, time-resolved optical spectroscopic observations of the dwarf nova HT Cas, which were obtained during 1986, 1992, 1995, and 2005 with... 
binaries: close | stars: individual: HT Cas | methods: observational | accretion, accretion disks | novae, cataclysmic variables | IP-PEGASI | NOVA U-GEMINORUM | ACCRETION DISK | CLOSE BINARIES | URSAE-MAJORIS | WZ SGE | RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY | DOPPLER TOMOGRAPHY | RADIAL-VELOCITY | Stellar populations | Sodium | Metallicity | Stars | Clusters | Mathematical models | Globular clusters | Massive stars | Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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11. Full Text Novalike cataclysmic variables are significant radio emitters
by Coppejans, D.L and Körding, E.G and Miller-Jones, J.C.A and Rupen, M.P and Knigge, C and Sivakoff, G.R and Groot, P.J
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, ISSN 0035-8711, 2015, Volume 451, Issue 4, pp. 3801 - 3813
Radio emission from non-magnetic cataclysmic variables (CVs, accreting white dwarfs) could allow detailed studies of outflows and possibly accretion flows in... 
Novae, cataclysmic variables | Stars: winds, outflows | Radio continuum: stars | Accretion, accretion discs | Radiation mechanisms: general | White dwarfs | OLD NOVA | DWARF NOVA | ACCRETION MODEL | CLASSICAL NOVAE | RW-SEXTANTIS | stars: winds, outflows | accretion, accretion discs | radiation mechanisms: general | AE AQUARII | TT-ARIETIS | BLACK-HOLES | novae, cataclysmic variables | radio continuum: stars | white dwarfs | X-RAY BINARIES | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | V603 AQUILAE
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12. Full Text POPULATION SYNTHESIS OF CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES. I. INCLUSION OF DETAILED NUCLEAR EVOLUTION
by Goliasch, Jonas and Nelson, Lorne
Astrophysical Journal, ISSN 0004-637X, 08/2015, Volume 809, Issue 1, pp. 80 - 19
We have carried out an extensive population synthesis study of the ensemble properties of the present-day population of cataclysmic variables (PDCVs) that... 
binaries: close | methods: numerical | stars: evolution | novae, cataclysmic variables | LOW-MASS STARS | ORBITAL PERIOD DISTRIBUTION | MAIN-SEQUENCE STARS | COMMON ENVELOPE EVOLUTION | AM CVN STARS | STELLAR EVOLUTION | BROWN DWARFS | X-RAY BINARIES | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | CIRCUMBINARY DISKS | MAGNETIC BRAKING | Cataclysmic variables | Synthesis | Attenuation | Evolution | Chemical vapor synthesis | Channels | Gain | Magnetic properties | Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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13. Full Text Origin of magnetic fields in cataclysmic variables
by Briggs, Gordon P and Ferrario, Lilia and Tout, Christopher A and Wickramasinghe, Dayal T
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, ISSN 0035-8711, 12/2018, Volume 481, Issue 3, pp. 3604 - 3617
In a series of recent papers, it has been proposed that high-field magnetic white dwarfs are the result of close binary interaction and merging. Population... 
Stars: evolution | Cataclysmic variables | Stars: magnetic field | X-rays: binaries | Novae | Binaries: close | BINARY STARS | stars: evolution | CYCLOTRON EMISSION | binaries: close | MODEL | novae, cataclysmic variables | stars: magnetic field | STELLAR EVOLUTION | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | X-RAY-EMISSION | MASS | COMMON-ENVELOPE EVOLUTION | WHITE-DWARF | ANGULAR-MOMENTUM LOSS | PERIOD GAP
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14. The astrophysics of cataclysmic variables and related objects
: proceedings of a meeting held in Strasbourg, France, 11-16 July 2004
2005, ISBN 9781583811931, xxvi, 517
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15. Full Text Accretion disk coronae of intermediate polar cataclysmic variables: 3D magnetohydrodynamic modelling and thermal X-ray emission
by Barbera, E and Orlando, S and Peres, G
Astronomy and Astrophysics, ISSN 0004-6361, 04/2017, Volume 600, p. A105
Context. Intermediate polar cataclysmic variables (IPCV) contain a magnetic, rotating white dwarf surrounded by a magnetically truncated accretion disk. To... 
Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) | Novae, cataclysmic variables | Stars: coronae | X-rays: stars | Stars: flare | Accretion, accretion disks | INSTABILITY | accretion, accretion disks | MAGNETIZED STARS | ALGORITHM | INCLINED DIPOLE | novae, cataclysmic variables | stars: flare | PLASMA | V709 CASSIOPEIAE | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | YOUNG STARS | 3-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS | CONDUCTION | stars: coronae | FLOWS | magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) | Coronas | Magnetohydrodynamics | X rays | Surface chemistry | Emission | Disks | Magnetic fields | Accretion disks
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16. Full Text Minimum Orbital Period of Precataclysmic Variables
by Nelson, L and Schwab, J and Ristic, M and Rappaport, S
Astrophysical Journal, ISSN 0004-637X, 10/2018, Volume 866, Issue 2, p. 88
More than 20 precataclysmic variable (pre-CV) systems have now been discovered with very short orbital periods ranging from 250 minutes down to 68 minutes. A... 
binaries: close | subdwarfs | brown dwarfs | stars: low-mass | stars: evolution | novae, cataclysmic variables | SEQUENCE STAR BINARIES | ECLIPSING SDB BINARY | GRAVITATIONAL-RADIATION | MAIN-SEQUENCE | COMMON ENVELOPE EVOLUTION | BROWN DWARF | X-RAY BINARIES | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | WHITE-DWARF | INITIAL MASS FUNCTION | CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES
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17. Full Text White dwarf masses in cataclysmic variables
by Wijnen, T.P.G and Zorotovic, M and Schreiber, M.R
Astronomy and Astrophysics, ISSN 0004-6361, 05/2015, Volume 577, p. A143
Context. The white dwarf (WD) mass distribution of cataclysmic variables (CVs) has recently been found to dramatically disagree with the predictions of the... 
Novae, cataclysmic variables | Instabilities | Accretion, accretion disks | Binaries: close | POPULATION | accretion, accretion disks | binaries: close | MODEL | MAIN-SEQUENCE BINARIES | instabilities | novae, cataclysmic variables | EVOLUTION | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | COMMON-ENVELOPE BINARIES | SDSS | STARS | OPEN CLUSTERS | PERIOD GAP | EVOLVED DONOR | Cataclysmic variables | White dwarf stars | Mass distribution | Evolution | Mathematical models | Formations | Chemical vapor synthesis | Astronomy | Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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18. Full Text Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS: IX. NTT photometry of eight eclipsing and three magnetic systems
by Southworth, J and Tappert, C and Gänsicke, B.T and Copperwheat, C.M
Astronomy and Astrophysics, ISSN 0004-6361, 01/2015, Volume 573, p. A61
We report the discos cry of eclipses and the first orbital period measurements for four cataclysmic variables, plus the first orbital period measurements for... 
cataclysmic variables | Binaries: eclipsing | Novae | White dwarfs | Stars: dwarf novae | binaries: eclipsing | HIGH-PRECISION PHOTOMETRY | LIGHT-CURVE | DWARF NOVAE | novae, cataclysmic variables | stars: dwarf novae | white dwarfs | EVOLUTION | SPECTROSCOPY | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | BINARIES | TIME TRANSIENT SURVEY | STARS | AM HERCULIS | DIGITAL-SKY-SURVEY | Cataclysmic variables | Orbitals | Nova | Light curve | Transit | Eclipses | Photometry | Cyclotrons | Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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