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Evolution of close binary composed of a white dwarf primary and a Main-Sequence secondary has been calculated. Angular-momentum loss via gravitational radiation and magnetic stellar wind have been taken into account. We have found that magnetic stellar wind with a rate greater than (10−10–10−9)M ⊙yr−1 is able to drive the evolution with mass exchange. If the time-scale of switch-off of wind when the primary becomes fully convective is not longer than ∼106 yr, mass exchange interrupts due to a contraction of the secondary and the system becomes unobservable. Mass exchange resumes when components approach one another due to loss of momentum via gravitational radiation. The location and width of the thus-arising gap in the orbital periods are comparable to those observed.
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Fedorova, A.V., Yungelson, L.R. Evolution of low-mass close binaries and the problem of orbital period gap in cataclysmic variables. Astrophys Space Sci 103, 125–135 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00650050
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