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Cataclysmic variable stars

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The properties of cataclysmic variable outbursts are reviewed, and interpreted in terms of dynamical instabilities by the red component, and subsequent evolution of the white dwarf accretion disc subject to a mass transfer burst in the transfer stream.

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Bath, G.T. Cataclysmic variable stars. Astrophys Space Sci 99, 127–137 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00650236

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