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X-Ray Emission from Cataclysmic Variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

D. Q. Lamb*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Abstract

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We review X-ray observations of cataclysmic variables and theoretical work on X-ray emission from them, emphasizing recent developments.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983

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