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Characterising the Dwarf Nova Population of the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

Deanne de Budè ,
Patrick Woudt  and
Brian Warner
Deanne de Budè
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa email: deanne@ast.uct.ac.za
Patrick Woudt
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa email: deanne@ast.uct.ac.za
Brian Warner
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa email: deanne@ast.uct.ac.za School of Physics and Astronomy, Southampton University, Southampton, UK
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Abstract

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Results of a high-speed photometric study of dwarf novæ in the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey are given. A population of faint dwarf novæ near the orbital period minimum is detected. At the shortest periods there is a correlation between orbital period and outburst interval.

Keywords

dwarf novæCatalina Real-time Transient Surveyorbital period minimum
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S285: New Horizons in Time-Domain Astronomy , September 2011 , pp. 301 - 302
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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