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The Period Problem of the Interacting Binary White Dwarf System AM CVn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J.-E. Solheim*
Affiliation:
University of Tromsø, Institute of Mathematical and Physical SciencesTromsø, Norway

Abstract

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A short review is given of the searches for an orbital period of this (believed to be) interacting binary white dwarf system. Today, 3 or 4 periods are known. A polar ring accretion model is proposed to explain the observations – at least partly.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1989

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