On the evolutionary status of short-period cataclysmic variables

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 388, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1582-1594

  Littlefair, S P ^a   Dhillon, V S ^a   Marsh, T R ^b   Gansicke B T ^b   Southworth, John ^b   Baraffe, I ^c,d,e   Watson, C A ^a   Copperwheat, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binaries: close; Binaries: eclipsing; Novae, cataclysmic variables; Stars: dwarf novae

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; FORECASTING; HELIUM; MASS TRANSFER;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM LOSS; BINARIES: CLOSE; BINARIES:ECLIPSING; CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES; HIGH SPEED; MASS TRANSFER RATE; NOVAE CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES; ORBITAL PERIODS; SHORT PERIODS; STARS: DWARF NOVAE;

WHITE DWARFS;

EID: 49249101896     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13539.x     Document Type: Article

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