Masses and Magnetic Fields of White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Variables
1989 ◽
Vol 114
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pp. 337-340
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We show that the existence of the AM Her period spike implies (i) a unique white dwarf mass ≃ 0.6 − 0.7M⊙ for most magnetic CV’s (ii) nova explosions remove exactly the accreted mass from magnetic white dwarfs, and (iii) the maximum magnetic field for most CV’s is ≤ 4 × 107 G. The existence of the spike is very strong support for the idea that the period gap results from a drastic reduction of angular momentum losses when the secondary star becomes fully convective.
2012 ◽
Vol 27
(15)
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pp. 1250084
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1997 ◽
Vol 163
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pp. 771-772
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2020 ◽
Vol 498
(3)
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pp. 3457-3469
2019 ◽
Vol 489
(3)
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pp. 3648-3654
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1974 ◽
Vol 60
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pp. 275-292
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