[Aavso-photometry] Book on CV

[Peter Nelson]

Hi Tomas,

Try 
Cataclysmic Variable Stars - How and Why they Vary by Coel Hellier.  A
Springer Praxis publication.  

Cheers
Peter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: aavso-photometry-bounces at mira.aavso.org [mailto:aavso-photometry-
> bounces at mira.aavso.org] On Behalf Of Tomas L. Gomez
> Sent: Wednesday, 23 May 2007 23:14
> To: aavso-photometry at mira.aavso.org
> Subject: [Aavso-photometry] Book on CV
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can someone recommend a book on CV's?. I observe these stars
> regularly, and I am curious to know more about the Physics that
> is involved in them, the different types of CV's, the proposed models,
> etc... I have been googling around, but I would like to have a book
> which collects the basics explained with some detail.
> 
> The kind of questions I would like to see discussed are things like: what
> causes superhumps (versus normal humps?), is the mass transfer
> constant in time?, if not: why not?, is it related to oscillations of the
> red dwarf?, what causes the outbursts?, is the cause of the outburst
> always the same or does it depend on the class of CV?, what are the
> differences between outbursts and superoutbursts?, are dwarf novae,
> recurrent novae, classical novae and supernovae of type I physically
> different, or are they the same, but only differ in the time scale and
> amplitude of the outbursts?, etc...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Tomas L. Gomez (GOT)
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