2 papers
astro-ph2001
Disks surrounding Cataclysmic Binaries
H. C. Spruit, R. E. Taam
Observations of Cataclysmic Variables show a number of phenomena that do not fit easily into the standard magnetic braking scenario. These include the large spread in mass transfer…
astro-ph1996
GRO J1744-28: Last Gasps of a Dying Low-mass X-ray Binary
D. Q. Lamb, M. Coleman Miller, R. E. Taam
We argue that the bursting, transient X-ray source GRO J1744-28 is a binary consisting of a very low-mass ($M \approx 0.2 M_\sun$), highly evolved giant star that is transferring m…