Overview
- Editors:
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A. Bianchini
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Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Padova, Italy
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M. Della Valle
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Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Padova, Italy
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M. Orio
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Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Italy
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Table of contents (141 papers)
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Observational Overview
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Posters
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- F. A. Ringwald, T. Naylor, K. Mukai
Pages 114-114
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- Robert Connon Smith, Marek J. Sarna, D. H. P. Jones
Pages 115-115
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- Kinwah Wu, Dayal T. Wickramasinghe
Pages 116-116
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Individual Objects
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Front Matter
Pages 119-119
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- Guido De Marchi, Francesco Paresce
Pages 121-124
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- V. S. Dhillon, R. G. M. Rutten
Pages 125-128
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- Knox S. Long, Christopher W. Mauche, Paula Szkody, Janet A. Mattei
Pages 133-138
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- S. V. Antipin, S. Yu. Shugarov
Pages 145-145
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- R. Alvarez, M. Mouchet, D. De Martino, J. Drew, D. Buckley
Pages 146-146
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- V. V. Bochkov, E. P. Pavlenko
Pages 147-147
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- J. M. Bonnet-Bidaud, M. Mouchet
Pages 148-148
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- M. S. Catalán, M. J. Sarna, C. M. Jomaron, Robert Connon Smith
Pages 149-149
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- L. L. Chinarova, I. L. Andronov
Pages 150-151
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- M. P. Diaz, J. E. Steiner
Pages 152-152
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- D. Chochol, R. Komžík, L. Hric, J. Grygar
Pages 153-153
About this book
Cataclysmic Variables (CVs) are well furnished laboratories in which one can investigate a number of important physical processes. These processes include: thermonuclear reactions, nebular physics, winds, mass accretion phenomena on compact objects, magnetohydrodynamics, plasmas, thermal and non thermal radiative processes, relativistic phenomena, dust forma tion, etc . . In the recent year the most exciting development in our opinion was that the small, cold and invisible secondary components of CV s were found to be the prime motors for the evolution of close binary systems, disclosing new scenarios for research. All branches of astronomy and as trophysics often take advantage of the new ideas brought by the study of CVs. It is for this reason, we believe, that meetings on CVs are important for most of the astronomical community. The idea of a Congress on CVs in Padova has been fluttering in the air for a few years. After all - we thought - a large part of the scientific heritage of Padova and Asiago Observatories is represented by the study of variable stars and, in particular, of CV s, as Prof. L. Rosino reminded us at the very beginning of the Congress. We finally chose Abano Terme as the site of the Conference, not merely because Abano is one of the most famous centers in Europe for mud therapy, and astronomers easily suffer from rheumatism, but also because we knew that a very hearty welcome from the Abano Municipality and touristic associations awaited us.