Fabrizio Serra · Editore · Pisa · Roma

Volume 83, 2, 2012
Pp. 446


Workshop on the golden age of cataclysmic variables and related objects. Palermo, September 12-17, 2011. Editors: F. Giovannelli and L. Sabau-Graziati. Index; Foreword; List of participants; Session I: Opening remark. Franco Giovannelli and Lola Sabau-Graziati, The golden age of cataclysmic variables and related objects: A review; Andrew King, Accretion disc theory since Shakura and Sunyaev; J.-P. Lasota, Disc outbursts in various types of binary systems; I. Idan, N.J. Shaviv, and G. Shaviv, The fate of a WD accreting H-rich material at high rates; Izumi Hachisu, Supersoft x-ray phases of mass-accreting white dwarfs; D.W. Hoard, Dust in white dwarfs and cataclysmic variables (An observational perspective); S. Dreizler, K. Beuermann, and F.V. Hesman, Evidence for planets in post-common envelope binaries; Session II: Cataclysmic Variables. H. Ritter, Formation and evolution of cataclysmic variables; P. Szkody, A.S. Mukadam, B.T. Gansicke, E.M. Sion, D.M. Townsley, A. Henden, D.J. Sullivan, and P. Chote, The instability strip for accreting pulsating white dwarfs as a probe for accretion heating/cooling; E. Pavlenko, V. Malanushenko, G. Tovmassian, S. Zharikov, T. Kato, N. Katysheva, M. Andreev, A. Baklanov, K. Antonyuk, N. Pit, A. Sosnovskij, and S. Shugarov, SDSS J080434.20+510349.2: cataclysmic variable witnessing the instability strip?; R.E. Puebla, M.P. Diaz, and D.J. Hillier, A study of accretion disk wind emission; Raymundo Baptista, Accretion disk evolution in dwarf novae through outbursts: disk instability and mass-transfer instability cases; M.M. Montgomery, Simulations of disk precession in CVs; E.M. Sion, and P. Godon, White dwarfs in cataclysmic variable stars: accretion physics and evolution; Christian Knigge, Cataclysmic variables in globular clusters; D.V. Bisikalo, and A.G. Zhilkin, Accretion processes in intermediate polars with asynchronous rotations of white dwarfs; J. Echevarria, Doppler tomography in cataclysmic variables: an historical perspective; M. Mouchet, J.M. Bonnet-Bidaud, and D. de Martino, The X-ray emission of magnetic cataclysmic variables in the XMM-Newton era; S. Balman, The X-ray properties of cataclysmic variables; O. Regev, and O. Umurhan, Angular momentum transport in CV accretion disks; P. Rodriguez-Gil, L. Schmidtobreick, K.S. Long, T. Shahbaz, B.T. Gansicke, and M.A.P. Torres, The low states of CVs at the upper edge of the period gap; Linda Schmidtobreick, Pablo Rodríguez-Gil, and Boris T. Gansicke The search for SW Sex type stars; Z.-B. Dai, and S.-B. Qian, Orbital period analyses for the CVs inside the period gap; M. Uemura, T. Kato, T. Ohshima, D. Nogami, and H. Maehara, Dwarf novae in the shortest orbital period regime; D. Takei, The impact of Suzaku on the knowledge of cataclysmic variables; Takayuki Yuasa, White dwarf masses in intermediate polars observed by the SUZAKU Satellite; A. Ramirez-Torres, J. Echevarria, and R. Michel, Radial velocity study of the intermediate polar EX Hydrae; P.J. Meintjes, B. Oruru, and A. Odendaa, The multi-frequency properties of AE Aquarii and its evolution from a high mass transfer history; C.W. Mauche, M. Abada-Simon, J.-F. Desmurs, M.J. Dulude, Z. Ioannou, J.D. Neill, A. Price, N. Sidro, W.F. Welsh, and members of the CBA and AAVSO, Multiwavelength campaign of observations of AE Aqr; R. Hudec, and M. Blazek, Investigations of cataclysmic variables by ESA INTEGRAL; C. Michaut, E. Falize, C. Busschaert, B. Loupias, A. Ravasio, A. Pelka, A. Diziere, R. Yurchak, M. Koenig, M. Mouchet, and J.-M. Bonnet-Bidaud, Accretion shock in polars: Numerical and experimental simulations; N. Katysheva, and S. Shugarov, The observations of deeply eclipsing polars FL Ceti and CSS 081231: 071126+440405; Vojtech Simon, Observing cataclysmic variables and related objects with different techniques; Manabu Ishida, Suzaku observations of the dwarf nova SS Cygni in quiescence and outburst; D. Kononov, F. Giovannelli, I. Bruni, and D. Bisikalo, Doppler tomography of the pre-outburst disk in SS Cygni; I. Voloshina, Photometric variability of classical dwarf nova SS Cyg during outbursts; Franco Giovannelli, and Lola Sabau-Graziati, Strong circumstantial proofs about the intermediate polar nature of the cataclysmic variable SS Cygni; Robert Connon Smith, A. Dunford, and C.A. Watson, RU Peg and AE Aqr: two contrasting CVs with one thing in common; G. Tovmassian, S. Zharikov, and V. Neustroev, Precession of white dwarfs in CVs; I. Kotko, Outbursts of AM CVn stars; V. Neustroev, G. Tovmassian, S. Zharikov, G. Sjoberg, T. Arranz Heras, P.B. Lake, D. Lane, G. Lubcke, and A.A. Henden, Optical and X-ray variability of the peculiar cataclysmic variable FS Aur with a magnetic and freely precessing white dwarf; J.V. Hernandez Santisteban, New spectroscopic and photometric observations of CV J0644+3344; Silvia Gaudenzi, Vittorio Francesco Braga, and Silvia De Bianchi, Multiperiodicities and magnetic field behaviour in cataclysmic variables: How can we enrich the scenario of theoretical models?; J.M. Bonnet-Bidaud, D. de Martino, M. Mouchet, M. Falanga, T. Belloni, N. Masetti, K. Mukai, and G. Matt, The peculiar source XSS J12270-4859: a LMXB detected by FERMI?; Session III: Classical Novae, Recurrent Novae and Nova-like Stars E. Mason, Unconventional observations of classical and recurrent novae; R. Poggiani, Spectroscopic follow-up of Novae; M. Diaz, R. Williams, G. Luna, M. Moraes, and L. Takeda, The spectral evolution of recurrent nova U Sco in the 2010 outburst; Valério A.R.M. Ribeiro, The multifrequency behaviour of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi; D. Chochol, S. Shugarov, T. Pribulla, and I. Volkov, Post-outburst photometry of the classical nova V2468 Cygn; M. Della Valle, Novae in the Local Group of galaxies; Mariko Kato, Theoretical understanding of nova light curves: Physics and application; M. Hernanz, X-ray observations of classical novae: Theoretical implications; N.J. Shaviv, and C. Dotan, Classical novae as super-Eddington steady states; M. Henze, W. Pietsch, F. Haberl, M. Hernanz, G. Sala, D. Hatzidimitriou, M. Della Valle, A. Rau, D.H. Hartmann, V. Burwitz, and J. Greiner, X-ray monitoring of Classical Novae in the central region of M 31; R. González-Riestra, A. Cassatella, and P. Selvelli, Shocked gas in RR Telescopii; Romano L.M. Corradi, Close binary central stars of planetary nebulae and V458 Vul; K.L. Page, Multi-frequency evolution of V2491 Cyg (nova Cyg 2008 number 2); Kazuyoshi Imamura, and Kenji Tanabe, High galactic latitude classical nova KT Eridani: spectroscopic and photometric observational report; M. Moraes, and M. Diaz, HR Del remnant anatomy using 2D spectral data and 3D photoionization shell models; L. Izzo, A. Ederoclite, M. Della Valle, E. Mason, R.E. Williams, T. Altamore, A. Cassatella, R. Gilmozzi, F. Patat, L. Schmidtobreick, P. Selvelli, C. Tappert, S. Thater, G. Covone, M. DallOra, M. Paolillo, Optical and near infrared multi-site follow up of the recurrent nova T Pyx; T. Iijima, Spectroscopic observations of the symbiotic recurrent nova V407 Cygni; Kenji Tanabe, and Yuko Motizuki, Symbiotic nova eruption of R Aquarii: a geological remnant?; Session IV: Ongoing experiments. A. Schwope, CV surveys with eROSITA; R. Hudec, V. Simon, L. Hudec, and V. Hudcova, Astrophysics of cataclysmic variables by ESA Gaia and low dispersion spectroscopy; D.A.H. Buckley, Observing cataclysmic variables with the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT): new capabilities and new insights; Special Night Session. Giora Shaviv, The nuclear shell model, the cosmic abundances and why we do not know how the heavy elements were synthesized; R. Antonini, The nuclear weapons free world: we already live in; Concluding remarks. Edward M. Sion, The Golden Age of Cataclysmic Variables - 50 Years of CV Research - A Workshop Summary; J.-P. Lasota, Concluding remarks; R. Hudec, Golden Era of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects: concluding remarks; Concluding address. Franco Giovannelli, Concluding address.

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