Cataclysmic Variables: Eight Breakthroughs in Eight Years
Abstract
The last few years have seen tremendous progress in our understanding of cataclysmic variable stars. As a result, we are finally developing a much clearer picture of their evolution as binary systems, the physics of the accretion processes powering them, and their relation to other compact accreting objects. In this review, I will highlight some of the most exciting recent breakthroughs. Several of these have opened up completely new avenues of research that will probably lead to additional major advances over the next decade.
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@article{arxiv.1101.2901,
title = {Cataclysmic Variables: Eight Breakthroughs in Eight Years},
author = {Christian Knigge},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.2901},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
10 pages; 8 figures; invited review at conference in celebration of Ron Webbink's 65th Birthday: "Binary Star Evolution: Mass Loss, Accretion and Mergers", Mykonos, June 2010; to appear in AIP Conference Series; v2 corrects some typos and updates references