Cataclysmic variables below the period gap: Mass determinations of 14 eclipsing systems

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 415, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2025-2041

  Savoury, C D J ^a   Littlefair, S P ^a   Dhillon, V S ^a   Marsh, T R ^b   Gansicke B T ^b   Copperwheat, C M ^b   Kerry, P ^a   Hickman, R D G ^b   Parsons, S G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binaries: close; Binaries: eclipsing; Novae, cataclysmic variables; Stars: evolution; Stars: low mass

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOMETRY;

BINARIES: CLOSE; BINARIES:ECLIPSING; BRIGHT SPOTS; CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES; HIGH SPEED; MASS DETERMINATION; NOVAE CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES; ORBITAL PERIODS; STAR: EVOLUTION; STARS: LOW MASS;

WHITE DWARFS;

EID: 79961027062     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18707.x     Document Type: Article

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