Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-06-28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages; to appear in proceedings of Warner Symposium on Cataclysmic Variables
Scientific paper
10.1016/S1387-6473(00)00021-X
We apply the new generation of theoretical models of low-mass stars to secondaries in CVs, focussing on systems above the period gap. The models confirm that the spectral type should be a good indicator of the donor mass. The orbital period-spectral type diagram can potentially constrain the long-term mean mass transfer rate. A transfer rate that increases with decreasing period is most easily reconciled with the observational data.
Baraffe Isabelle
Kolb Ulrich
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