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A systematic study on the long-term periodicities of known Galactic cataclysmic variables (CVs) was conducted. Among 1580 known CVs, 344 sources were matched and extracted from the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) data repository. The PTF…

The spatial distribution, galactic model parameters and luminosity function of cataclysmic variables (CVs) in the solar neighbourhood have been determined from a carefully established sample of 459 CVs. The sample contains all of the CVs…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 T. Ak , S. Bilir , S. Ak , Z. Eker

The Catalog and Atlas of Cataclysmic Variables (Edition 1 - 1993) and Edition 2 - 1997) has been a valuable source of information for the cataclysmic variable (CV) community. However, the goal of having a central location for all objects is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 R. A. Downes , R. F. Webbink , M. M. Shara , Hans Ritter , Ulrich Kolb , Hilmar W. Duerbeck

It is now commonly accepted that globular clusters (GCs) have undergone a complex formation and that they host at least two stellar generations. This is a recent paradigm and is founded on both photometric and spectroscopic evidence. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-01-16 Angela Bragaglia , Eugenio Carretta , Raffaele Gratton , Valentina D'Orazi , Sara Lucatello , Chris Sneden

Binary evolution theory predicts that accreting white dwarfs with sub-stellar companions dominate the Galactic population of cataclysmic variables (CVs). In order to test these predictions, it is necessary to identify these systems, which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-31 J. V. Hernandez Santisteban , C. Knigge , M. L. Pretorius , M. Sullivan , B. Warner

Using selection criteria based on amplitude, time and color, we have identified 329 objects as known or candidate cataclysmic variable (CVs) during the first year of testing and operation of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF). Of these, 90…

The space density of the various classes of cataclysmic variables (CVs) could only be weakly constrained in the past. Reasons were the small number of objects in complete X-ray flux-limited samples and the difficulty to derive precise…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-14 A. Schwope

The observed orbital period distribution of cataclysmic variables (CVs), the space density derived from observations, and the observed orbital period minimum are known to disagree with theoretical predictions since decades. More recently,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-11 Matthias R. Schreiber , Monica Zorotovic , Thomas P. G. Wijnen

Cataclysmic variables (CVs) are binary systems with a white dwarf accreting matter from a low-mass star, making them significant sources of X-ray emission in the Galaxy. We present a systematic search for X-ray emitting CV candidates by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-25 Xiangxiang Wang , Jumpei Takata

Strong selection effects are present in observational samples of cataclysmic variables (CVs), complicating comparisons to theoretical predictions. The selection criteria used to define most CV samples discriminate heavily against the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Magaretha L. Pretorius , Christian Knigge

We use an independent new sample of cataclysmic variables (CVs), constructed by selecting objects for Halpha emission, to constrain the properties of the intrinsic CV population. This sample is restricted to systems that are likely to be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Magaretha L. Pretorius , Christian Knigge

The 2dF QSO survey is a spectroscopic survey of 48,000 point-sources selected by colour with magnitudes in the range 18.35 < B < 20.95. Amongst QSOs, white dwarfs, narrow-line galaxies and other objects are some cataclysmic variables (CVs).…

I give an overview of the rich phenomenology of dwarf nova oscillations (DNOs) and Quasi-periodic Oscillations (QPOs) observed in cataclysmic variable stars (CVs). The favoured interpretation of these rapid brightness modulations (3 - >1000…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Brian Warner

Globular clusters are compact, gravitationally bound systems of up to a million stars. The GCs in the Milky Way contain some of the oldest stars known, and provide important clues to the early formation and continuing evolution of our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-22 Michael A. Beasley

Globular clusters (GCs) are often used to estimate the dark matter content of galaxies, especially dwarfs, where other kinematic tracers are lacking. These estimates typically assume spherical symmetry and dynamical equilibrium, assumptions…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-17 Jessica E. Doppel , Laura V. Sales , Julio F. Navarro , Mario G. Abadi , Eric W. Peng , Elisa Toloba

Sizeable number of stellar-mass black holes (BHs) in globular clusters (GCs) can strongly influence the dynamical evolution and observational properties of their host cluster. Using results from a large set of numerical simulations, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-18 Abbas Askar , Mirek Giersz , Manuel Arca Sedda , Ammar Askar , Mario Pasquato , Agostino Leveque

We present a systematic search for periodic X-ray sources in 10 Galactic globular clusters (GCs) utilizing deep archival Chandra observations. By applying the Gregory-Loredo algorithm, we detect 28 periodic signals among 27 independent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-27 Tong Bao , Zhiyuan Li , Zhongqun Cheng , Diogo Belloni

In this study, the distances of stellar systems classified as cataclysmic variables in the literature were determined by using the distance compiled from Bailer-Jones et al. (2021). The spatial distributions of cataclysmic variables in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-14 R. Canbay

As a class of compact binaries with large binding energy, cataclysmic variables formed through close encounters play an important role in the dynamical evolution of globular clusters. As part of a systematic search for CVs undergoing dwarf…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 A. P. Hourihane , P. J. Callanan , A. M. Cool , M. T. Reynolds

It is now widely established that globular clusters host robust populations of white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes throughout their lifetimes. Within clusters, dynamical processes enabled by stellar densities thousands to millions…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-21 Kyle Kremer