Dynamical constraints on the component masses of the cataclysmic variable WZ sagittae

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 667, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 442-447

  Steeghs, Danny ^a,b   Howell, Steve B ^c   Knigge, Christian ^d   Gänsicke, Boris T ^b   Sion, Edward M ^e   Welsh, William F ^f  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: general; Novae, cataclysmic variables; Stars: individual (WZ Sge); White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348832212     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520702     Document Type: Article

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