Why are the secondary stars in polars so normal?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 632, Issue 2 II, 2005, Pages

  Harrison, Thomas E ^a   Howell, Steve B ^b   Szkody, Paula ^c   Cordova, France A ^d  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: close; Stars: magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444445096     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498067     Document Type: Article

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