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On the general properties of the secondaries of cataclysmic variable stars

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The mass-radius, mass-orbital period, spectral type-orbital period and absolute magnitude-orbital period relationships for the secondary star components of cataclysmic variable (CV) binary stars are discussed. By comparing these with those expected for systems containing Roche lobe-filling main sequence stars, using empirical data for low-mass main sequence stars, it is shown thatas a group the CV secondaries do not differ significantly from main sequence stars.

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Warner, B. On the general properties of the secondaries of cataclysmic variable stars. Astrophys Space Sci 232, 89–97 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00627546

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