Investigation of outburst characteristics in dwarf novae binary star systems

Dwarf novae are a type of binary star system that consists of a cool red dwarf, as well as a white dwarf with an accretion disk. Occasionally the disk will get significantly brighter for a few days in an event called an outburst. On February 6th, 2002 one such system, CN Orionis, was experiencing su...

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Main Author: Klep, James Stuart.
Other Authors: Kaitchuck, Ronald H.
Format: Others
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/123456789/193590
http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1540704