Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects - Mario Livio

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Sommaire:
The Periods of Cataclysmic Variable Stars.- Photometric and Spectroscopic Observations of the Cataclysmic Variable AC Cancri.- Recent Spectroscopy of X-Ray Sources and Systems Related to Cataclysmic Variables: I.- Recent Spectroscopy of X-Ray Sources and Systems Related to Cataclysmic Variables: II.- Orbital Solutions for WZ Sagittae During Quiescence.- Spectra of Symbiotic Stars.- KQ Mon and the Nature of the UX Ursa Majoris Nova-Like Variables.- On the Variation of the Orbital Period and the 67-Min Oscillations in EX Hydrae.- Alpha Beta Discs.- Humps and Super-humps.- CNO Abundances and Nova Outburst Strengths.- The Formation of Optical CNO Emission Lines in Cataclysmic Variables.- Did Nova Aquilae 1982 Possess a Supercritical Wind?.- Infrared Observations of Nova Aquilae 1982.- The Continuum Energy Distribution of the Old Nova GK Per (1901).- The 'Isothermal' Phase of Nova Dust Shells.- Infrared Spectra of Nova Dust Shells.- On Evolutionary Models for SNI Progenitor Stars.- Physical Conditions Inside White Dwarfs and Type I Supernovae.- The Intermediate Polars.- Energy Distribution of Hard X-Ray Emitting Cataclysmic Variables.- Column Accretion on to White Dwarfs.- Time Dependence in Accretion Onto Magnetic White Dwarfs.- Circular Polarimetry of AM Herculis.- Polarimetry of Symbiotic Stars.- Polarized Radiation from AM Herculis Stars.- AM Herculis Binaries: Particle Acceleration, Radio Emission and Synchronization.- Spin-Up and Magnetic Fields in DQ Her Stars.- The Origin and Evolution of Cataclysmic Binaries.- The Evolutionary Status of the Secondaries of Cataclysmic Binaries.- Origin of Very-Short Orbital-Period Binary Systems.- Star-Planet Systems and Their Relation to Low Mass Cataclysmic Variables.- Cataclysmic Binaries Containing a Black-Dwarf Secondary.-Fast Oscillations in Variable X-Ray Sources and X-Ray Bursters.- Mass Loss Associated with X-Ray Bursts of Neutron Stars.- X-Ray Emission from Cataclysmic Variables.- Astronomy in Israel: From Og's Circle to the Wise Observatory.- Pre-Concluding Remarks.- Concluding Remarks.- Author Index.