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The Mass Spectrum of the White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M. Politano ,
H. Ritter  and
R. F. Webbink
M. Politano
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.
H. Ritter
Affiliation:
Universitats-Sternwarte München, F.R.G.
R. F. Webbink
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.

Abstract

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Using the theoretically predicted mass spectrum of the white dwarfs (WDs) in zero-age cataclysmic binaries (ZACBs) by Politano and Webbink (1988), we examine to what extent observational selection can account for the observed high masses of the WDs in cataclysmic binaries (CBs).

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 114: White Dwarfs , 1989 , pp. 465 - 468
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1989

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