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astro-ph2006
An alternative to common envelope evolution
Martin E. Beer, Lynnette M. Dray, Andrew R. King +1
We investigate the evolution of interacting binaries where the donor star is a low-mass giant more massive than its companion. It is usual to assume that such systems undergo commo…
astro-ph2004
Outbursts of WZ Sagittae
O. M. Matthews, M. R. Truss, G. A. Wynn +1
The outbursts of the dwarf nova WZ Sagittae occur on timescales which are much longer than expected from the standard thermal viscous disc instability model, which correctly reprod…
astro-ph2003
Thermal-timescale mass transfer and magnetic CVs
Klaus Schenker, Graham A. Wynn, Roland Speith
We investigate the spin evolution of the unusual magnetic CV AE Aqr. As a prototype for a potentially large population of CVs subject to a thermally unstable phase of mass transfer…