[Aavso-photometry] Book on CV

[Wolfgang Renz]

Hi Tomas

The other recommendable one is:
   Cataclysmic Variable Stars by Brian Warner,
   Cambridge Astrophysical Series 28, 1995.
Its older (and therefore sometimes outdated), more comprehensive,
covers all CVs (e.g. NL and N too) and has its strength at giving all
available data and relations known at its time.

The Hellier (2002) is more like a text book primarily on DNe and
magnetic CVs.

Clear skies
 Wolfgang

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Wolfgang Renz, Karlsruhe, Germany
Rz.BAV = WRe.vsnet = RWG.AAVSO



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Nelson" <pnelson at ...>
To: "Tomas L. Gomez" <tomas.l.gomez at ...>
Cc: <aavso-photometry at aavso.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Aavso-photometry] Book on CV

> 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 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)