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Cataclysmic Variables: A ’SWOT’ Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Brian Warner
Brian Warner*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa

Abstract

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A brief review of the nature and subtypes of cataclysmic variables (CVs) is given. The catalogue of CVs is still very incomplete. All-sky surveys should add large numbers of CVs, which will improve knowledge of the space density of these systems. It is pointed out that the nova-like variables, which are the most difficult to discover, are the subtype having the highest space density. Their discovery is therefore the highest priority – they fix the frequency of CVs, which is important in population syntheses of binary stars.

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Type
V. Variability Study
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 183: Small-Telescope Astronomy on Global Scales , 2001 , pp. 159 - 165
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001

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