Class: CataclysmicVariable

•owl:Thing
        •AstrObject
                •CompoundObject
                        •MultipleStar
                                •DoubleStar
                                        •CataclysmicVariable
                •VariableObject
                        •CataclysmicVariable

Super Classes

DoubleStar
VariableObject

Annotations

misc:descriptionVariable stars showing outbursts caused by thermonuclear burst processes in their surface layers (novae) or deep in their interiors (supernovae). We use the term "novalike" for variables that show novalike outbursts caused by rapid energy release in the surrounding space (UG-type stars) and also for objects not displaying outbursts but resembling explosive variables at minimum light by their spectral (or other) characteristics. The majority of explosive and novalike variables are close binary systems, their components having strong mutual influence on the evolution of each star. It is often observed that the hot dwarf component of the system is surrounded by an accretion disk formed by matter lost by the other, cooler, and more extended component.
simbad:nameCataclyV*
simbad:shortCodeCV*
vizier:kwdBinaries:cataclysmic

Usage

Class Description/Definition (Necessary Conditions)

AMHerCataclysmicVariable, DQHerCataclysmicVariable, DwarfNova, Nova, NovaLikeObject
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