Model Spectra for the Helium Cataclysmic Variable: AM CVn
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AM CVn stars
I review our observational and theoretical knowledge of AM CVn stars, focusing on recent developments. These include newly discovered systems, the possibility that two recently discovered extremely short period objects are AM CVn stars and an update on X-ray, UV an optical studies. Theoretical advances include the study of the details of both the donor and accretor, and the physics of the heliu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Astronomical Union Colloquium
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0252-9211
DOI: 10.1017/s0252921100038458