3 papers
astro-ph.SR2025
The Role of the Convective Kissing Instability in Cataclysmic Variable Evolution
Conor M. Larsen, James MacDonald
The convective kissing instability (CKI) is postulated to occur in low mass stars around the fully convective transition. Non-equilibrium He burning leads to the merging of c…
astro-ph.SR2025
Binary Analysis and Period Study of the Long-Period, High Mass Ratio Contact Binary KIC 7766185
Conor M Larsen, Andrej Prsa
We present an in-depth photometric and spectroscopic study of the contact binary KIC 7766185. Spectroscopic observations were conducted on the Mayall 4-m telescope at Kitt Peak Nat…
astro-ph.SR2025
The Effects of Magneto-Convection on Short Period Cataclysmic Variables
Conor M. Larsen, James MacDonald
Many of the current problems related to the evolution of cataclysmic variables revolve around the magnetic nature of the main sequence secondary. It is known that magnetic fields a…