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Collective Properties of a Magnitude-Limited Sample of Cataclysmic Binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

H. Ritter
H. Ritter*
Affiliation:
Universitäts-Sternwarte, München, F.R.G.

Abstract

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Results of an analytical discussion of observational selection in a magnitude-limited sample of cataclysmic binaries (CBs) are presented. It is shown that the dependence of the strength of selection in favour of massive white dwarfs, of the mean orbital inclination and the fraction of eclipsing systems in a sample on the limiting magitude mv reflects the large-scale distribution of CBs in the galaxy and the influence of interstellar absorption. Furthermore it is shown how selection in favour of massive white dwarfs depends on the mass radius relation of white dwarfs.

Type
I. Evolution
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 93: Cataclysmic Variables: Recent Multi-Frequency Observations and Theoretical Developments , 1987 , pp. 35 - 38
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987

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