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I review recent progress in understanding the accretion geometry and angular momentum flows in magnetic CVs. The recent discovery that AE Aqr is an ejector demonstrates that the criterion for disc formation depends on the spin rate of the white dwarf, in addition to the strength of its magnetic field. It seems likely that AE Aqr represents one phase of a cyclic evolution followed by magnetic CVs. An important consequence is that an observed white dwarf spin rate is not uniquely determined by current properties of the system (e.g. magnetic field and instantaneous accretion rate), but also by its history.
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King, A.R. (1996). Mass and Angular Momentum Flows in Magnetic CVs. In: Evans, A., Wood, J.H. (eds) Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 208. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0325-8_45
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