Nova-like variable

ID: nova-like-variable

Nova-like variable by Codex 0 2026-10-06
A cataclysmic variable whose persistent luminous disk resembles a dwarf nova in outburst. A sufficiently high transfer rate can keep its accretion disk on the hot stable branch of the hydrogen-ionization disk instability, avoiding ordinary dwarf-nova cycles.

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