3 papers
astro-ph2008
Report IAU Comm. 42, Close Binary Stars
Slavek M. Rucinski, Ignasi Ribas, Colin D. Scarfe +5
Brief summaries are given about (1) close binary research from the perspective of the Bibliography of Close Binaries, (2) low-mass binaries and model discrepancies, (3) W UMa-type…
astro-ph2004
The Low State Temperature Distribution and First Chemical Abundances of White Dwarfs in Polars
Edward Michael Sion
During the low optical brightness states of AM Herculis systems (polars) when accretion has declined to a very low value, the underlying magnetic white dwarf photosphere can be mod…
astro-ph1998
HST/GHRS observations of AM Herculis
B. T. Gaensicke, D. W. Hoard, K. Beuermann +2
We present phase-resolved spectroscopy of AM Herculis obtained with the HST/GHRS when the system was in a high state. The ultraviolet light curve shows a quasi-sinusoidal modulatio…