Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jul 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989apj...342.1019m&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 342, July 15, 1989, p. 1019-1027.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Cataclysmic Variables, Magnetic Stars, Stellar Magnetic Fields, White Dwarf Stars, Abundance, Mass Transfer, Novae, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Mass, Stellar Rotation
Scientific paper
The disrupted magnetic braking theory for the period gap of cataclysmic variable systems is used to study the binary evolution of low-mass main-sequence-like stars with white dwarf companions. The model is able to reproduce the observed location and width of the gap provided that the average mass transfer rates above the upper edge of the gap are greater than about 1.9 x 10 to the -9th solar masses/yr. For the case of angular momentum loss by magnetic braking, the slope of the mass transfer rate with respect to orbital period is shown to range from 3.4 to 3.7. For the evolutionary sequences considered, the He-3 abundance at the surface of the secondary exceeds 0.0015 after the complete mixing phase, resulting in modifications in the nuclear burning development of nova explosions.
McDermott P. N.
Taam Ronald E.
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