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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
The rapid braking on the white dwarf in the close binary AE Aqr can be explained in terms of the canonical pulsar mechanism provided the magnetic moment of the star μ ∼ 1.5 × 1034 G cm3. The scenario for the origin of the fast rotating (Ps = 33 s), magnetized white dwarf, which is based on the magnetic field amplification in differentially rotating stars, is presented.