Dwarf Nova Oscillations and Quasi-Periodic Oscillations: Extension of the Two-QPO Diagram of X-Ray Binaries, and a new kind of DNO

Abstract

Seventeen examples are given of Cataclysmic Variable (CV) stars possessing both Dwarf Nova Oscillations (DNOs) and Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs). These form an extension of the X-Ray Two-QPO correlation to frequencies three orders of magnitude lower. We draw attention to the existence of a second type of DNO in CVs, which is probably caused by magnetically channelled accretion onto the white dwarf.

6 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of `Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables' (Cape Town, December 2002), eds. M. Cropper & S. Vrielmann