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    • The Golden Age of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects - II Concluding Address 

      Author: Giovannelli, F.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2015)
      Before to conclude officially this workshop — far from me the idea to attempt some concluding remarks already dealt at the meeting with various burning by Joseph Patterson, Mariko Kato, Dmitry Bisikalo, and Rene Hudec —, ...
    • GLORIA and Study of Cataclysmic Variables 

      Author: Hudec, R.; Šimon, V.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2015)
      We report here on the ongoing EU FP7 Project GLORIA (GLObal Robotic-telescopes Intelligent Array) with emphasis on possibility of investigation of cataclysmic variables by users. GLORIA will enable the first free and ...
    • Golden Era of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects II: Concluding Remarks 

      Author: Hudec, R.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2015)
      The cataclysmic variables continue to represent important part of modern astrophysics, as demonstrated, already second time, by the productive and successful conference Golden Era of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects ...
    • Who Discovered the Hoyle Level? 

      Author: Shaviv, G.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2015)
      The prediction of Hoyle that the nucleus of 12C must have a resonance at 7.62MeV was the trigger to the Anthropic Principle. We review the history of the discovery of this level and investigate to what extent this was a ...
    • Concluding Remarks 

      Author: Bisikalo, D. V.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2015)
      Concluding Remarks
    • Observing CVs and LMXBs with SALT: Updates and Recent Results 

      Author: Buckley, David A. H.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2015)
      I present an overview of the ongoing observational programs utilizing the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), focussing on magnetic Cataclysmic Variables and Low Mass X-ray Binaries. SALT’s instruments and capabilities ...
    • Supersoft X-Ray Source CAL 83: A Possible AE Aqr-like System 

      Author: Odendaal, A.; Meintjes, P. J.; Charles, P. A.; Rajoelimanana, A. F.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2015)
      CAL83 is a close binary supersoft X-ray source in the Large Magellanic Cloud. A ~67 s periodicity detected in supersoft X-rays is most probably associated with the spin period of a highly spun-up white dwarf (WD). The ...
    • Evolution and Outbursts of Cataclysmic Variables 

      Author: Qian, S.-B.; Zhu, L.-Y.; Zhao, E.-G.; Fernández Lajús, E.; Zhang, J.; Shi, G.; Han, Z.-T.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2015)
      Mass transfer and accretion are very important to understand the evolution and observational properties of cataclysmic variables (CVs). Due to the lack of an accretion disk, eclipsing profiles of polars are the best source ...
    • Why a New Code for Novae Evolution and Mass Transfer in Binaries? 

      Author: Shaviv, G.; Idan, I.; Shaviv, N. J.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2015)
      One of the most interesting problems in Cataclysmic Variables is the long time scale evolution. This problem appears in long time evolution, which is also very important in the search for the progenitor of SN Ia. The ...
    • Broad-Band Variability in Accreting Compact Objects 

      Author: Scaringi, S.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2015)
      Cataclysmic variable stars are in many ways similar to X-ray binaries. Both types of systems possess an accretion disk, which in most cases can reach the surface (or event horizon) of the central compact object. The main ...
    • Investigating Long-Term Behaviour of X-ray Binaries Using Archival Data 

      Author: Kotze, M. M.; Charles, P. A.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2015)
      Long term modulations have been detected in a wide variety of both low and high-mass X-ray binaries. The All Sky Monitor on board the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer provides the most extensive (~15 years) and sensitive X-ray ...
    • SS Cygni Revisited 

      Author: Smith, R. C.; Echevarrıa, J.; Hernandez, J. V.; Szkody, P.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2015)
      New spectroscopic and photometric observations of SS Cygni, the brightest dwarf nova system, have been obtained, with the aim of mapping starspots on the surface of the secondary star. Four nights of echelle spectroscopy ...
    • Photometric and Spectroscopic Investigation of the Dwarf Nova HS 0218+3229: A Short Review 

      Author: Katysheva, N.; Shugarov, S.; Borisov, N.; Gabdeev, M.; Golysheva, P.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2015)
      This paper is devoted to the study of the cataclysmic variable HS 0218+3229 using the photometric and spectroscopic observations.
    • High-Speed Photo-Polarimetry of Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables 

      Author: Potter, S. B.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2015)
      I review recent highlights of the SAAO High-speed Photo-POlarimeter (HIPPO) on the study of magnetic Cataclysmic Variables. Its high-speed capabilities are demonstrated with example observations made of the intermediate ...
    • Flickering in CVs and Accretion Disc Viscosity 

      Author: Baptista, R.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2015)
      I review observational constraints on accretion disc viscosity inferred from changes of disc structure with time and from disc flickering distributions. The radial run of the disc viscosity parameter in four cases are ...