How evolved are the mass donor stars in cataclysmic variables?

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 675-678

  Howell, Steve B ^a  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: Close; Cataclysmic variable; Stars: Chemically peculiar; Stars: Evolution

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSFER;

BINARIES: CLOSE; CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES; CLASSICAL NOVAE; INITIAL CONTACT; METAL ABUNDANCES; NUCLEAR BURNING; SECONDARY STARS; STAR: EVOLUTION; STARS: CHEMICALLY PECULIAR; THEORETICAL MODELING;

STARS;

EID: 0035539420     PISSN: 00046264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pasj/53.4.675     Document Type: Article

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