Nonmagnetic cataclysmic variable

ID: nonmagnetic-cataclysmic-variable

A cataclysmic variable whose white dwarf magnetic field does not dominate the large-scale accretion flow. It normally supports an accretion disk fed through Roche-lobe overflow. The term does not rule out a magnetized donor star or magnetic braking of a binary star.

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