Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jul 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001eaa..booke5440w&link_type=abstract
"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5440. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Stars, Binary Stars
Scientific paper
Cataclysmic variables (CVs) are close binary stars in which the most massive component is a white dwarf (WD) and the companion is usually a more normal star—commonly a main sequence star but occasionally a giant. The majority of CVs steadily transfer mass from the companion to the WD through an accretion disk surrounding the WD, but, just as about 5% of isolated WDs have detectable magnetic fiel...
Murdin Paul
Warner Brian
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