New insights into classical novae

L Chomiuk, BD Metzger, KJ Shen - Annual Review of Astronomy …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
We survey our understanding of classical novae—nonterminal, thermonuclear eruptions on
the surfaces of white dwarfs in binary systems. The recent and unexpected discovery of GeV …

Constraining the evolution of cataclysmic variables via the masses and accretion rates of their underlying white dwarfs

AF Pala, BT Gänsicke, D Belloni… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We report on the masses (M WD), effective temperatures (), and secular mean accretion
rates () of 43 cataclysmic variable (CV) white dwarfs, 42 of which were obtained from the …

A Volume-limited Sample of Cataclysmic Variables from Gaia DR2: Space Density and Population Properties

AF Pala, BT Gänsicke, E Breedt… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We present the first volume-limited sample of cataclysmic variables (CVs), selected using
the accurate parallaxes provided by the second data release (DR2) of the European Space …

Gaia's binary star renaissance

K El-Badry - New Astronomy Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Stellar multiplicity is among the oldest and richest problems in astrophysics. Binary stars are
a cornerstone of stellar mass and radius measurements that underpin modern stellar …

The 2021 outburst of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi observed in X-rays by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory: a comparative study

KL Page, AP Beardmore, JP Osborne… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
On 2021 August 8, the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi (RS Oph) erupted again, after an interval
of 15.5 yr. Regular monitoring by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory began promptly, on …

The Caltech-NRAO Stripe 82 Survey (CNSS) paper. I. The pilot radio transient survey in 50 deg2

KP Mooley, G Hallinan, S Bourke… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We have commenced a multiyear program, the Caltech-NRAO Stripe 82 Survey (CNSS), to
search for radio transients with the Jansky VLA in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stripe 82 …

A catalogue of cataclysmic variables from 20 yr of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey with new classifications, periods, trends, and oddities

K Inight, BT Gänsicke, E Breedt, HT Israel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present a catalogue of 507 cataclysmic variables (CVs) observed in SDSS I to IV
including 70 new classifications collated from multiple archival data sets. This represents the …

WZ Sge-type dwarf novae

T Kato - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We have summarized the current understanding and recently obtained findings about WZ
Sge-type dwarf novae. We also reviewed the historical development of the understanding of …

Period bouncers as detached magnetic cataclysmic variables

MR Schreiber, D Belloni, J Van Roestel - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The general prediction that more than half of all cataclysmic variables (CVs) have
evolved past the period minimum is in strong disagreement with observational surveys …

Effective temperatures of cataclysmic-variable white dwarfs as a probe of their evolution

AF Pala, BT Gänsicke, D Townsley… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We present HST spectroscopy for 45 cataclysmic variables (CVs), observed with HST/COS
and HST/STIS. For 36 CVs, the white dwarf is recognisable through its broad Ly α absorption …