Magnetic braking and its implication for CV evolution

Wickramasinghe, Dayal T.; Li, Jianke; Wu, Kinwah

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Magnetic braking and its implication for CV evolution

Date

1996

Authors

Wickramasinghe, Dayal T.

Li, Jianke

Wu, Kinwah

Abstract

We review the models of magnetic braking for synchronously rotating magnetic cataclysmic variables, and discuss the implications of magnetic braking for orbital evolution and the upper limit to the magnetic fields (about 70 MG) of the observed AM Herculis systems.