On the Classification of Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables

Details On the Classification of Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables On the Classification of Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables

Jul 2004

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Compact Binaries in the Galaxy and Beyond, Proceedings of the conference held 17-22 November, 2003 in La Paz, Baja California Su

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Binaries: Close, Novae, Cataclysmic Variables, Stars: Magnetic

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The classification scheme for Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables (MCVs) is addressed. When only ten or twenty MCVs had been discovered their classification was simple and based on direct observational properties. Now that the number of MCVs exceeds one hundred, the method of classification needs updating. One important consideration is the possibility that binaries might physically change their classification. For example will intermediate polars become polars as they evolve to shorter orbital periods? Or does a polar become an intermediate polar when synchronism is broken due to a nova?

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