A STUDY ON THE PERIOD DISTRIBUTION OF MAGNETIC CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES

Authors
WU KW WICKRAMASINGHE DT
Citation
Kw. Wu et Dt. Wickramasinghe, A STUDY ON THE PERIOD DISTRIBUTION OF MAGNETIC CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES, Proceedings - Astronomical Society of Australia, 10(4), 1993, pp. 325-326
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Proceedings - Astronomical Society of Australia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00669997
Volume
10
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
325 - 326
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-9997(1993)10:4<325:ASOTPD>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We use Monte Carlo simulations of the period distribution of magnetic cataclysmic variables to show that the synchronised AM Herculis-type s ystems and the asynchronous Intermediate Polars are essentially unrela ted systems following different evolutionary scenarios.