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Increasing supercycle lengths of active SU UMa-type dwarf novae

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2013-06-24 v1

Abstract

We present observational evidence that supercycle lengths of the most active SU UMa-type stars are increasing during the past decades. We analysed a large number of photometric measurements from available archives and found that this effect is generic for this class of stars, independently of their evolutionary status. This finding is in agreement with previous predictions and the most recent work of Patterson et al. (2012) on BK Lyn.

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@article{arxiv.1306.5189,
  title  = {Increasing supercycle lengths of active SU UMa-type dwarf novae},
  author = {M. Otulakowska-Hypka and A. Olech},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.5189},
  year   = {2013}
}

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to appear in Stella Novae: Past and Future Decades conference proceedings, P. A. Woudt & V. A. R. M. Ribeiro (eds), ASPCS