The Nova-like Variables
Astrophysics
2016-01-27 v2
Abstract
We review optical observations and theoretical models of the non-magnetic nova-like variables (UX UMa, VY Scl and SW Sex stars). A brief discussion of the classification scheme is followed by a statistical overview of the observed properties. The most important features of each of the sub-classes are then reviewed, concluding with a summary of the theoretical models invoked to understand these systems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9509156,
title = {The Nova-like Variables},
author = {V. S. Dhillon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9509156},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
10 pages, 5 figures; published in Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, Proceedings of the 158th colloquium of the IAU held at Keele, edited by A. Evans and Janet H. Wood, p.3 (1996)