The Nova-like Variables

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.

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)

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