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Are Superhumps Good Measures of the Mass Ratio for AM CVn Systems?
K. J. Pearson
We extend recent work that included the effect of pressure forces to derive the precession rate of eccentric accretion discs in cataclysmic variables to the case of double degenera…
Further Evidence for Variable Synchrotron Emission in XTE J1118+480 in Outburst
R. I. Hynes, E. L. Robinson, K. J. Pearson +7
We present simultaneous multicolor infrared and optical photometry of the black hole X-ray transient XTE J1118+480 during its short 2005 January outburst, supported by simultaneous…
Superhumps: Confronting Theory with Observation
K. J. Pearson
We review the theory and observations related to the ``superhump'' precession of eccentric accretion discs in close binary sytems. We agree with earlier work, although for differen…
Multiwavelength Observations of EXO 0748--676 -- II. Emission Line Behavior
K. J. Pearson, R. I. Hynes, D. Steeghs +6
We present optical and ultraviolet spectra, lightcurves, and Doppler tomograms of the low-mass X-ray binary EXO 0748-676. Using an extensive set of 15 emission line tomograms, we s…
Fireballs, Flares and Flickering
K. J. Pearson, Keith Horne, Warren Skidmore
We review our understanding of the prototype ``Propeller'' system AE Aqr and we examine its flaring behaviour in detail. The flares are thought to arise from collisions between hig…