The orbital period distribution of cataclysmic variables from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)

Over the years, substantial effort has gone into calculating models of the intrinsic population of galactic Cataclysmic Variables (CVs). However, comparison with the observed properties of the known CV sample has consistently failed to match the predictions put forward by the ‘disrupted magnetic bra...

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Main Author: Dillon, Monihar
Published: University of Warwick 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.497390