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Binary Stars. Selected Topics on Observations and Physical Processes

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Topics covered by this review are: observational data, basic parameters and standard model for non-magnetic cataclysmic variables (CV’s), structure of accretion disks in CV’s and their thermal instability, dwarf nova outbursts, boundary layer, and origin of emission lines.

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Smak, J. (2001). Cataclysmic Variables. In: Lázaro, F.C., Arévalo, M.J. (eds) Binary Stars. Selected Topics on Observations and Physical Processes. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 563. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44395-9_3

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