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Webinar | A Grand Tour of Capricious Cataclysmic Variables
April 13 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
Free
While all cataclysmic variables contain the same basic component stars—a white dwarf and a close companion—they can appear very different depending on their magnetic fields, accretion state, evolutionary stage and companion type. This session will describe the various observed photometric and spectroscopic behaviors, which ones are well understood and what observations are still needed to complete our understanding of these systems.
