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Magnetic Braking and Its Implication for CV Evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Dayal T. Wickramasinghe ,
Jianke Li  and
Kinwah Wu
Dayal T. Wickramasinghe
Affiliation:
ANU Astrophysical Theory Centre, School of Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. dayal@pell.anu.edu.au
Jianke Li
Affiliation:
High Altitude Observatory, NCAR, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USA
Kinwah Wu
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, school of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Abstract

We review the models of magnetic braking for synchronously rotating magnetic cataclysmic variables, and discuss the implications of magnetic braking for orbital evolution and the upper limit to the magnetic fields (about 70 MG) of the observed AM Herculis systems.

Keywords

stars: binaries: closestars: evolutionstars: magnetic fieldsstars: novaestars: cataclysmic variables
Type
Magnetic Fields, Disks and Jets: A Workshop organised by the ANU Astrophysical Theory Centre The ANU Astrophysical Theory Centre
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 81 - 86
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1996

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