| Cataclysmic Variables |
| Course Structure |
| Cataclysmic Variables: what are they? |
| CVs: what are they? |
| Roche Lobe Overflow |
| CVs: main types |
| CVs: Role of the Magnetic Field (1) |
| CVs: Role of the Magnetic Field (2) |
| CVs: Role of the Magnetic Field (3) |
| CVs: Some background |
| Historical light curves: SS Cyg |
| Light Curves: Novae |
| Light Curves: Z-Cam stars |
| CV Optical Spectra |
| The CV Zoo: subtypes |
| CVs: How do we know they are binaries? |
| Eclipsing CVs: light curves |
| Eclipsing CVs: light curves |
| Eclipsing CVs: light curves |
| Disk changes during outburst |
| Disk brightness profiles from eclipses |
| Disk Models |
| CV Disks through outburst |
| Disks: X-rays in outburst |
| Disks in quiescence: the boundary layer |
| Non-magnetic CVs: X-ray Spectra |
| Lines from disks |
| Doppler Tomograms of Disks |
| Superhumps |
| Superhumps |
| Spiral Waves |
| "Polars" |
| Magnetic systems: history |
| Polars: Evidence for magnetically confined emission |
| Polars: magnetically controlled accretion |
| Polars: magnetically controlled accretion |
| Polars |
| Polars: X-ray emission |
| Polars: Spectral Energy Distribution |
| Polars: Radial Accretion |
| Polars: accretion flow hydrodynamics |
| Polars: accretion region hydrodynamics |
| Polars: Emission from post-shock flow |
| Polars: Energy Balance |
| Polars: energy balance revisited |
| Polars: Energy Balance |
| Polars: Spectral Characteristics |
| Polars: Long-term light curves |
| Polars: Shorter timescale variability |
| Polars: Synchronisation |
| Polars: Asynchronous Systems |
| Polars: optical spectra orbital variation |
| Polars: measuring the magnetic field |
| Polars: measuring the magnetic field |
| Polars: measuring the magnetic field |
| Polars: Polarised Optical Emission |
| Polars: modelling the cyclotron radiation |
| Polars: Eclipse mapping studies |
| Polars: Stream mapping |
| "Intermediate Polars" |
| Intermediate Polars |
| Intermediate Polars: another example |
| Intermediate Polars: Power Spectra |
| Intermediate Polars: folded light curves |
| Intermediate Polars |
| Intermediate Polars: more evidence |
| Intermediate Polars: models |
| Intermediate Polars: X-ray Spectra |
| Intermediate Polars: radial accretion flow |
| Intermediate Polars: Fast-spinning systems |
| Cataclysmic Variable Evolution |
| Evolution (ctd) |
| CV Evolution (ctd) |
| CV Evolution (ctd) |
| Spin-orbit coupling in magnetic systems |
| CVs: Short Period Systems |
| Ultra-short period Binaries |
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| CVs in the grander scheme of things |
| CVs in the grander scheme of things (ctd) |
| CVs: Open Issues |
| CVs: Open Issues |
| Resources |