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Paper: On the spin periods of the magnetic cataclysmic variables
Volume: 261, The Physics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects
Page: 171
Authors: Somerscales, R. V.; Norton, A. J.; Wynn, G. A.; West, R. G.
Abstract: Numerical simulations of the accretion flow in magnetic cataclysmic variables (mCVs) reveal a continuum of spin equilibria which span the range observed in intermediate polars (IPs). We also locate the condition for polar synchronisation in the Pspin / Porb vs. magnetic moment plane.
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