Exploring the application of new telescope technologies in the testing of dwarf novae accretion models

Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-273.) === In this thesis I investigate emerging telescope technologies and demonstrate, within the context of accretion in cataclysmic variables (CVs), their role in contributing to the stellar variability studies which help drive th...

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Main Author: Spark, Mellony
Other Authors: Donoghue, Darragh O'
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11037