ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFICCONFERENCE SERIES

Volume 261

THE PHYSICS OF CATACLYSMIC VARIABLESAND RELATED OBJECTS

Proceedings of a Conferenceon the occasion of Klaus Beuermann's impending 65th Birthday

held in Gottingen, Germany5-10 August 2001

Edited by

B.T. GansickeUniversitats-Sternwarte Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany'

K. BeuermannUniversitats-Sternwarte Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany

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K. ReinschUniversitats-Sternwarte Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany

Contents

Preface xvii

Conference photo ' xx

List of participants xxiii

Session I: Secondary and primary stars

Chair: K. BeuermannA — Invited talksCataclysmic variable secondaries: models of low mass stars and brown 2

dwarfs :/. Baraffe

Magnetic activity in low-mass stars: Do the brakes come off? 11A. Collier Cameron

The temperatures of white dwarfs in CVs: Implications of results from 21HSTP. Szkody, E.M. Sion, B.T. Gdnsicke and S.B. Howell

Compressional heating of accreting white dwarfs in CVs 31D.M. Townsley and L. Bildsten

Session I: Secondary and primary stars. Discussion summary 41K. Beuermann

B — Short contributions 8z postersThird component in cataclysmic variables: Additional mechanism for 47

accretion rate changes?I.L. Andronov and L.L. Chinarova

Irradiation of CV secondaries 49T.S. Barman, P.H. Hauschildt and F. Allard

Near-infrared light curves of the black-hole binary A0620-00 53C.S. Froning and E.L. Robinson \

Accretional heating of the white dwarf in cataclysmic variables 55P. Godon and E.M. Sion

EF Eri: Its white dwarf primary and "L Dwarf secondary and 2MASS 57data for other CVsT.E. Harrison, H. Osborne, J.J. Johnson and S.B. Howell

On the masses of the secondary stars in CVs 59S.B. Howell

The physics of collapsing stars magnetospheres 61V. Kryvdyk

Infrared spectroscopy of selected cataclysmic variables 63R.E. Mennickent and M. Diaz

Photometry and spectroscopy of selected preCV stars 65W. Ogloza

What is the mass ratio of the binary system RW Tri? 67T. Poole, K.O. Mason, G. Ramsay and J.E. Drew

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HST STIS spectroscopy of VW Hydri during early quiescence following 69a superoutburstE.M. Sion, F.-H. Cheng, P. Szkody, B.T. Gdnsicke, W.M. Sparksand I. Hubeny

Skew mapping cataclysmic variables 73R. C. Smith and D. Vande Putte

Chandra observation of U Gem at quiescence 75P. Szkody, K. Nishikida, A. Seth, D.W. Hoard, J. Raymond,E.M. Sion and K.S. Long

The recurrent nova U Scorpii - A type la supernova progenitor 77T.D. Thoroughgood, V.S. Dhillon, S.P. Littlefair, T.R. Marsh andD.A. Smith

Effects of rotation on helium accreting white dwarfs 79S.-C. Yoon and N. Langer

Session II: Magnetic systems

Chair: D. de MartinoA - Invited talksThe high field magnetic CVs 82

D. T. Wickramasinghe and L. FerrarioStream-fed accretion in intermediate polars 92

C. HellierLARPs - Low-accretion rate polars 102

A.D. Schwope, H. Brunner, V. Hambaryan, R. Schwarz, A. Staude,G. Szokoly and H.-J. Hagen

Plasma diagnostics in high-resolution X-ray spectra of magnetic 113cataclysmic variablesC. W. Mauche

Session II: Magnetic cataclysmic variables. Discussion summary 122D. de Martino

B — Short contributions &c posters

Twenty five years of the AM Her phenomenon: results of the 129polarimetric and photometric monitoringI.L. Andronov, S.V. Kolesnikov and N.M. Shakhovskoy

FUSE observations of AM Her 131P. Barrett

A white dwarf with a low magnetic field in the IP RX J0028.8+5917/ 133V709 CasJ.M. Bonnet-Bidaud, M. Mouchet, D. de Martino, G. Matt andC. Motch

New polarimetric observations of the AM Her star RX J1313.2-3259 . .. 135D.A.H. Buckley, S. Potter and K.J. van der Hey den

Diagnostics of the accretion plasma in magnetic CVs from 137high-resolution X-ray spectroscopyV. Burwitz, K. Reinsch, F. Haberl, B. T. Gdnsicke and P. Predehl

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Model accretion streams in polars 141J.L. Cash and S.B. Howell

The X-ray emission of the intermediate polar V709 Cas 143D. de Martino, G. Matt, K. Mukai, T. Belloni, J.M. Bonnet-Bidaud,L. Chiappetti, B. T. Gdnsicke, F. Haberl and M. Mouchet

A multi-site photometric campaign on V709 Cas 145D. de Martino, R. Silvotti, J.M. Gonzalez Perez, R. Kalytis,R. Janulis, X.J. Jiang, T. Oswalt, G. Carlson, N. Silvestri,J.M. Bonnet-Bidaud, G. Matt, M. Mouchet and K. Mukai

The BeppoSAX X-ray monitoring of AM Her: a low state again 147D. de Martino, R. Silvotti, G. Matt, J.M. Bonnet-Bidaud,B. T. Gdnsicke and M. Mouchet

The magnetic field of AR UMa 149L. Ferrario, D. T. Wickramasinghe and G. Schmidt

First XMM-Newton results from intermediate polars 151F. Haberl

"Genetically modified fireflies" - 3D eclipse mapping for polars 153P.J. Hakala, M. Cropper and G. Ramsay

Accretion.instabilities with time-scales from seconds to years in 155magnetic cataclysmic variablesA.V. Halevin, I.L. Andronov, N.M. Shakhovskoy, E.P. Pavlenko,S. V. Kolesnikov and N.I. Ostrova

Evolution of the spin period of AM Herculis 157P.A. Mason, I.L. Andronov, N.M. Shakhovskoy and S.V. Kolesnikov

HST/STIS observations of the polar UZ Fornacis in a high state 159D. Nogarni, B. T. Gdnsicke and K. Beuermann

UBVRI pulsations and orbital modulation of the intermediate polar 1611WGA J1958.2+3232A.J. Norton, H. Quaintrell and I. Negueruela

Fireballs in AE Aquarii 163K.J. Pearson, K. Home and W. Skidmore \

Cyclotron emission from stratified accretion shocks in magnetic 165cataclysmic variablesS. Potter, G. Ramsay, K. Wu and M. Cropper

Tomography of AM Herculis 167R. Schwarz, P. Hedelt, A. Rau, A. Staude and A.D. Schwope

Fireballs and oscillations in AE Aqr 169W. Skidmore, K.J. Pearson, K. O'Brien, K. Home and R. Gomer

On the spin periods of the magnetic cataclysmic variables 171R.V. Somerscales, A.J. Norton, G.A. Wynn and R.G. West

A burst from the direction of UZ Fornacis with XMM-Newton 173M. Still and K. Mukai

X-Ray beaming due to resonance scattering in the accretion column of 175polarsY. Terada, K. Makishima, M. Ishida, R. Fujimoto, K. Matsuzakiand H. Kaneda

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Analysis of the ASCA data of the intermediate polar YYDra 177E. Yazgan and S- Balman

Session III &: IV: Binary evolution

Chair: B. Warner & U. KolbA — Invited talks

Braking and bouncing 180U. Kolb

Properties of a spectroscopically selected CV sample 190B.T. Gdnsicke, H.-J. Hagen and D. Engels

A first look at cataclysmic variable stars from the 2dF QSO survey . . . 200T.R. Marsh, L. Morales-Rueda, D. Steeghs, P. Maxted, U. Kolb,B. Boyle, S. Croom, N. Loaring, L. Miller, P. Outram, T. Shanksand R. Smith

Cataclysmic variables: An empirical angular momentum loss 208prescription from open cluster dataM.H. Pinsonneault, N. Andronov and A. Sills

Session III: Binary evolution I. Discussion summary 217B. Warner

Similarities in the behaviour of high mass ratio LMXBs and CVs 223P.A. Charles

A new evolutionary picture for CVs and LMXBs 233A.R. King and K. Schenker

A new evolutionary picture for CVs and LMXBs II. The impact of 242thermal-timescale mass transferK. Schenker and A.R. King

On the evolution of interacting binaries which contain a white dwarf.. 252N. Langer, S.-C. Yoon, S. Wellstein and S. Scheithauer

Session IV: Binary evolution II. Discussion summary 261U. Kolb

B — Short contributions &: posters \The distance to cataclysmic variables 269

T. AugusteijnThe minimum period problem in CVs 271

J. Barker and U. KolbMT Serpentis: A pre-cataclysmic variable or not? 273

A. BruchThe infrared counterpart of GX 17+2 275

P.J. Callanan, P. Curran, A.V. Filippenko, M.R. Garcia ,B. Margon, E. Deutsch and R.P. Fender

Testing theory of binary evolution with interacting binary stars 277E. Ergma and M.J. Sarna

Observation with XMM-Newton of the globular cluster M22 279B. Gendre, N.A. Webb and D. Barret

Wind accretion in the VV Cep system KQ Puppis 281R. Gonzalez-Riestra, C. Rossi and R. Viotti

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Infrared properties of cataclysmic variables from 2MASS: Results from 283the 2nd incremental data releaseD. W. Hoard, S. Wachter, L.L. Clark and T.P. Bowers

The mass of the black hole in GS 2000+25 285Z. Ioannou, E.L. Robinson, W.F. Welsh and C.A. Haswell

Chandra detection of 16 new X-Ray sources 287A. Ku'pcii Yolda§ and S- Balman

CV population densities: Using CFHT as the worlds largest time-series 289photometerD.A. Lott, C.A. Haswell, T.M.C. Abbott and F. Ringwald

Photometric study of V471 Tauri: New photoelectric times of the 291minima in the triple systemK. Petrik, L. Hric, P.G. Niarchos and R. Gdlis

The formation of CVs with brown dwarf secondaries 293M. Politano

Finding CVs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First results 297P. Szkody, S. Anderson, M. Agueros and R. Covarrubias

The missing CV population: Results from an objective prism survey .. 299C. Tappert, T. Augusteijn and J. Maza

A search for new galactic microquasars 301G.S. Tsarevsky, E.P. Pavlenko, R.A. Stathakis, N.S. Kardashev andO.B. Slee

BiSEPS: A new binary population synthesis code 303B. Willems, R.P. Mundin and U. Kolb

The UCT CCD CV survey 305P.A. Woudt and B. Warner

Session V: Physics of outflows

Chair: A. CowleyA - Invited talksDisk outflows; radiation or hydromagnetic driving? \ 308

N. MurrayAccretion-disk structure with magnetic fields 317

G. RudigerModelling the spectral signatures of accretion disk winds in 327

cataclysmic variablesK.S. Long and C. Knigge

The evolution of disks and winds in dwarf novae outbursts ; . . . 337C.S. Froning, K.S. Long, J.E. Drew, C. Knigge, D. Proga andJ.A. Mattei

Session V: Physics of outflows. Discussion summary 347A.P. Cowley and P.C. Schmidtke

B - Short contributions & postersA stellar magnetic dipole connected to an accretion disk — MHD 349

simulations of the long-term evolutionC. Fendt

X-ray and UV observations of the low mass X-ray binary AC211 in the 351globular cluster M15Z. Ioannou, T. Naylor, L. van Zyl, P.A. Charles, A.P. Smale andK. Mukai

Some comments on symbiotic stars with jets 353L. Leedjdrv

Session VI &: VII: Physics of accretion discs

Chair: J.-P. Lasota & T. MarshA — Invited talks

Accretion disk turbulence 356S.A. Balbus

Spiral waves in accretion discs 367H.M.J. Boffin and D. Steeghs

The disc instability model 377J.-M. Hameury

The quiescence of dwarf novae and X-ray transients 387K. Menou

Session VI: Physics of accretion discs I. Discussion summary 397J.-P. Lasota

Dwarf nova oscillations: New results 406B. Warner and P.A. Woudt

Modelling unstable accretion discs 416J.R. Murray, M.R. Truss and G.A. Wynn

Ab initio simulations of accretion disc boundary layers 425P.J. Armitage

Further analysis of the X-ray eclipse of OY Car measured with 433XMM-NewtonP.J. Wheatley and R.G. West

First results from multi-wavelength observations during the 2001 443outburst of WZ SgeE. Kuulkers, C. Knigge, D. Steeghs, P.J. Wheatley and K.S.')Long

Session VII: Physics of accretion discs II. Discussion summary. .'• 453T.R. Marsh

B — Short contributions &; posters

Orbital variability vs early superhumps in WZ Sge, "the king of 459superoutbursts"I.L. Andronov, A.V. Yushchenko, P.G. Niarchos and K. Gazeas

Time-resolved flickering mapping of V2051 Ophiuchi 461R. Baptista and A. Bortoletto

Spectral and photometric evolution of the B[e]/X-ray transient CI Cam 463after its outburst in 1998E.A. Barsukova, N.V. Borisov, S.N. Fabrika, V.P. Goranskij andN. V. Metlova

Periodicities in ASCA X-ray observations of non-magnetic cataclysmic 465variablesD.S. Baskill, P.J. Wheatley and J.P. Osborne

General relativistic spectra from accretion disks around rapidly 467rotating neutron starsS. Bhattacharyya, D. Bhattacharya, R. Misra and A.V. Thampan

Photometric followup of DW UMa 469I.B. Biro

AT Arae: A double-lined long period dwarf nova 471A. Bruch

Photometric evidence of superhumps in XTEJ1118+48 approaching 473quiescenceJ. Casares, C. Zurita, T. Shahbaz, P. Rodriguez-Gil, P.A. Charles,R.I. Hynes, R.M. Wagner and E. Ryan

Probing the accretion disks of dwarf novae through NIR spectroscopy . 475C.S. Froning and K.S. Long

Active density wave: An attempt to explain the photometric behaviour 477of HP Lib and AM CVnJ.M. Gonzalez Perez and J.-E. Solheim

IR light curves of eclipsing dwarf novae 479E.T. Harlaftis, R. Baptista, R.G.M. Rutten and V.S. Dhillon

Mapping the disc evolution of EX Draconis 481E.T. Harlaftis,' C. Papadimitriou, D. Steeghs, J.L. Sokoloski,R.G.M. Rutten, P.G. Niarchos, K. Gazeas, V. Manimanis, H. Boffinand C. Zurita

Time-resolved HST UV echelle spectroscopy of IX Vel. 483L.E. Hartley, J.E. Drew and K.S. Long

Kepler tomography of the accretion disk in V436 Centauri 485B. Hoffmann, F. V. Hessman and K. Reinsch

Spectrally resolved flares in the quiescent black hole V404 Cyg 487R.I. Hynes, P.A. Charles, C. Zurita, J. Casares, C.A. Haswell andD.A. Lott

Superoutburst of the fifth WZ Sge-type dwarf nova, RZ Leo 489R. Ishioka, M. Uemura, T. Kato, and the VSNET collaboration team

The 2001 superoutburst of WZ Sge , 491R. Ishioka, M. Uemura, T. Kato, and the VSNET collaboration team

A "hot line" or a "hot spot" in CVs: Can UUAqr and IP Peg suggest 493it? . . .N.A. Katysheva, T.S. Khruzina, S.Yu. Shugarov,T.R. Irsmambetova, B.N. Drovalev and E.P. Pavlenko

Orbital mapping: A combination of eclipse and Doppler mapping 495J. Kube

SPH simulations of late superhumps 497S. Kunze

Mirror eclipses in the dwarf nova IP Peg 499S.P. Littlefair, V.S. Dhillon, T.R. Marsh and E.T. Harlaftis

Emission line eclipse mapping of velocity fields in dwarf nova accretion 501discs ••

M. Makita and S. MineshigeTime resolved spectroscopy of OY Car during decline from a 503

superoutburstE. Mason and S.B. Howell

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Direct Monte Carlo simulations of accretion discsT. Matsuda, H. Mizutani and H.M.J. Boffin

Searching for spiral shocksL. Morales-Rueda and T.R. Marsh -

AcDc - A new code to calculate vertical structures and spectra ofaccretion disksT. Nagel, S. Dreizler and K. Werner

Accretion disc parameters for the dwarf nova V803 Cen systemM.R. Nasser and J.-E. Solheim

Detection of spiral structure in the quiescent accretion disk of IP PegasiV. V. Neustroev, N. V. Borisov, H. Barwig, A. Bobinger,K.H. Mantel, D. Simic and S. Wolf

Spectroscopy and Doppler tomography of BZ Ursae Majoris inquiescenceV. V. Neustroev, A. Medvedev, S. Turbin and N. V. Borisov

The dynamics of distorted discsG.I. Ogilvie

Evolution of truncated decretion disks in Be/X-Ray binariesA.T. Okazaki, M.R. Bate, G.I. Ogilvie and J.E. Pringle

Post-outburst rebrightening in WZ Sge starsY. Osaki, F. Meyer and E< Meyer-Hofmeister

Peculiarities of the SU UMa type binary V1504 Cyg during one entiresupercycle in 2000E.P. Pavlenko, L. Cook, T.R. Irsmambetova, A. Baklanov and0. Dudka

The long term X-ray behaviour of X 1705-440C.R. Powell, C.A. Haswell and A.R. King

Detection of negative superhumps in a LMXRB - an end to the longdebate on the nature of V1405 Aql (X 1916-053) .A. Retter, Y. Chou and T. Bedding

O n t h e a c c r e t i o n efficiency of n e u t r o n s t a r s in l o n g - p e r i o d b i n a r i e s . . . .H. Ritter and A.R. King

Detection of variable circular polarization in the SW Sex starV795 HerculisP. Rodriguez-Gil, J. Casares, I.G. Martinez-Pais and P.J. Hakala

The dwarf nova WX Cet: A pretender or a clone of WZ Sge?P. Rogoziecki and A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny

Doppler tomography of the rise to outburst in IY UMaD.J. Rolfe, T.M.C. Abbott and C.A. Haswell

Photometry of the novalike variable LQ PegP.C. Schmidtke, G.A. Ciudin, U.R. Indlekofer, D.R. Johnson,R.E. Fried and R.K. Honeycutt

Implications of the HST/FGS parallax of SS Cygni on the discinstability modelM.R. Schreiber and B.T. Gdnsicke

Irradiated accretion discs in post novaeM.R. Schreiber and B.T. Gdnsicke

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RX And: an intermediate between Z Cam and VY Scl stars 545M.R. Schreiber, B.T. Gdnsicke and J.A. Mattei

Variations of the outburst recurrence time in dwarf novae 547V. Simon

Temporal variation of activity of the soft X-ray transient AqlX-1 549V. Simon

Three-dimensional SPH simulations of stream-disc overflow in 551cataclysmic variablesR. Speith and S. Kunze

Floquet analysis in accretion disc dynamics 553F. Tamburini and A. Bianchini

Doppler tomography of the X-ray nova XTE J1118+480 in outburst 555and near quiescenceM.A.P. Torres, P.J. Callanan and M.R. Garcia

Is FS Aur the missing link between IPs & SW Sex objects? 557G. Tovmassian, S. Zharikov, V. V. Neustroev, R. Michel andJ. Greiner

O u t b u r s t s a n d s u p e r o u t b u r s t s i n d w a r f n o v a e a n d X - r a y t r a n s i e n t s . . . . 559M.R. Truss, G.A. Wynn, J.R. Murray and A.R. King

Optical observations of XTE J1118+480 during the 2000 outburst 561M. Uemura and the VSNET Collaboration team

A tomographic tour of U Geminorum 563E. Unda-Sanzana and T.R. Marsh

UBV photometry of the X-ray binary Hercules X-l/ HZ Herculis 565during the 1999 anomalous low stateI.B. Voloshina, Eu. Sheffer and V.P. Goranskij

Imaging accretion discs with Hubeny spectra 567S. Vrielmann, M. Still and K. Home

Time-resolved optical spectroscopy of Sco X-l 569S. Wachter, D. W. Hoard and B.D. Johnson

HET observations of the outburst of XTE J1859+226 571W.F. Welsh, L. Gallo and E.L. Robinson

Evidence of optical flares in quiescent SXTs .'• 573C. Zurita, J. Casares and T. Shahbaz

Session VIII: The nova connectionChair: M. Shara

A — Invited talksThe nature of classical nova explosions 576

J. W. TruranSuper Eddington objects and their winds 585

N.J. ShavivRecurrent novae, classical novae, symbiotic novae, and population II 595

novaeM. Kato

Evolution of binaries producing Type la supernovae, luminous 605supersoft X-ray sources, and recurrent novaeI. Hachisu

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Session VIII: The nova connection. Discussion summary 615M. Shara

B — Short contributions &: postersNova Persei 1901 (GK Per): A miniature supernova remnant 617

S- BalmanFUSE spectra of QRAndromedae: A rare galactic supersoft X-ray 619

binaryA.P. Cowley, J.B. Hutchings, P.C. Schmidtke, D. Crampton andA.W. Fullerton

Information about nova V723 Cas (1995) before maximum 621M. Friedjung

HS 0455+8315: A new eclipsing novalike variable 623B.T. Gdnsicke, H.-J. Hagen, J. Kube, R. Schwarz, A. Staude,D. Engels, D. Nogami and M. Kuduz

The orbital periodicity in the different outburst stages of 625Nova Cassiopeiae 1995 (V723 Cas)V.P. Goranskij, N.A. Katysheva, A.V. Kusakin, N.V. Metlova,S.Yu. Shugarov, E.A. Karitskaya, E.A. Barsukova and S.N. Fabrika

Revised analysis of the supersoft X-ray phase, helium enrichment, and 627turn-off time in the 2000 outburst of the recurrent nova CI Aquilae../. Hachisu and M. Kato "

V2487 Ophiuchi: A strong candidate for a recurrent nova and a 629progenitor of Type la supernova/. Hachisu, M. Kato, T. Kato and K. Matsumoto

YYHer - The primary eclipse in the system confirmed and a secondary 631one revealedL. Hric, K. Petrik, P. G. Niarchos, Z. Velic and R. Gdlis

Global galactic distribution of 22Na 633A.F. Iyudin

Detection of the 7-ray emission from the X-Ray nova GRO J0422+32 . 637A.F. Iyudin and F. Haberl \

Nova Centauri: A nova with a leaky shell 639J.J. Johnson, T.E. Harrison, H. Osborne, D.M. Gelino andW. Liller

Detection of circumbinary material in the galactic supersoft X-ray 641binary QR AndM. Kuduz, K. Reinsch, K. Beuermann and J. Kube

On the masses of the secondary stars in CVs 643Y. Lipkin, E.M. Leibowitz and A. Retter

What powers the nova-like eruptions of symbiotic binaries 645J. Mikolajewska, E.A. Kolotilov, V.I. Shenavrin and B.F. Yudin

Chandra HETG and RXTE PCA observations of the old nova 647V603 AquilaeK. Mukai and M. Orio

The spectroscopic orbital period of HD 45166 649A.S. Oliveira and J.E. Steiner

V1500 Cyg: 25 years later 651E.P. Pavlenko, S.Yu. Shugarov and V.P. Goranskij

Optical spectroscopy of the supersoft X-ray source RX J0439.8-6809 .. 653K. Reinsch, K. Beuermann and B. T. Gdnsicke

A solution to a 100-yr problem - a connection between the transition 655phase in classical novae and intermediate polarsA. Retter

The persisting UV activity in the ex-nova HR Del 657P. Selvelli and M. Friedjung

OIV fluorescence in the symbiotic nova RRTel 659P. Selvelli and P. Bonifacio

Erupting novae in M87 661M. Shara, and D. Zurek

Photometric modulation of the X-ray binary V Sge during various 663states of activityV. Simon, L. Hric, K. Petrik, S. Yu. Shugarov, P. G. Niarchos andV.I. Marsakova

Effects of photoionisation in symbiotic binaries 665A. Skopal

Outbursts of classical symbiotics: Multi-wavelength observations of the 6672000-2001 outburst of Z AndromedaeJ.L. Sokoloski, S.J. Kenyon, A.K.H. Kong, P.A. Charles,C.R. Kaiser, N. Seymour, B.R. Espey, CD. Keyes,S.R. McCandliss, A.V. Filippenko, W.Li, G.G. Pooley,C. Brocksopp and R.P.S. Stone

UBV photometry of N Cyg 2001 = V2274 Cyg 669I.B. Voloshina and N.V. Metlova

Instrumentation & techniques

ULTRACAM - an ultra-fast, triple-beam CCD camera s_ 672V. Dhillon, T.R. Marsh, J. Kelly, R. Pashley, M. Stevenson,D. Atkinson, S. Beard, D. Ives, T. Peacocke, C. Tierney andA. Vick

MONET: a MOnitoring NEtwork of Telescopes 674F. V. Hessman and K. Beuermann

Visualising interacting binaries in 3D 676R.I. Hynes

TPP - An interactive database of cataclysmic variables and related 678objectsJ. Kube, B. T. Gdnsicke and B. Hoffmann

Photometry with the Potsdam 70cm-telescope 680A. Staude, R. Schwarz, A. Schwope and A. Rau

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... and beyond

A talk presented at the conference dinner: Dedicated to the 65-th 684anniversary of Klaus BeuermannI.L. Andronov

A concert of music by Sir William Herschel 685F. V. Hessman and C. Hammer

Author index

Object index 692