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Evolution of Cataclysmic Binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Bohdan Paczyński
Bohdan Paczyński*
Affiliation:
Department of Astrophysics, 124 Peyton Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

Abstract

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The minimum period of hydrogen rich cataclysmic binaries at about 80 minutes is due to evolution driven by gravitational radiation. The nature of the gap between 2 and 3 hour periods is less clear. Magnetic braking may be responsible, but this would be in contradiction with the hibernating nova scenario. It is interesting that contact binaries of W UMa type are subject to little or no magnetic braking.

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Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 8: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXth General Assembly of the IAU, 1988 , 1989 , pp. 167 - 171
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Copyright © Kluwer 1989

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