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Flickering in Cataclysmic Variables: Inventory and Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Albert Bruch
Albert Bruch*
Affiliation:
Astronomisches Institut, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, F.R.G.

Abstract

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Stochastic variations on short time scales called flickering are a characteristic feature in the light curves of CVs. Their amplitudes indicate that their origin must be related to one of the principle light sources of these systems. But the physical mechanism behind the flickering is unknown. New attempts to quantify the properties of flickering are presented, and a consistent scenario for its origin is outlined.

Type
Cataclysmic Variables: Eruptions and Flickering
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 151: Flares and Flashes , 1995 , pp. 288 - 295
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1995

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