Abstract
Cataclysmic variables show stochastic variations on time scales of minutes with amplitudes ranging from a few hundredths of a magnitude in some systems up to more than an entire magnitude in others. This phenomenon is known as flickering. Phenomenologically, it appears as a continuous series of overlapping flares in the light curves. For a comprehensive review, see Bruch (1992). As an example, Fig. 1 shows a light curve of the novalike variable V422 Oph.
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Fritz, T., Bruch, A. (1997). Wavelet Transforms of Flickering Light Curves in Cataclysmic Variables. In: Maoz, D., Sternberg, A., Leibowitz, E.M. (eds) Astronomical Time Series. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 218. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8941-3_17
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