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High-speed spectroscopy of the ultrashort-period variable AM Canum Venaticorum (HZ 29).

E. L. Robinson, J. S. Faulkner

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The ultrashort period variable AM CVn possesses a most unusual spectrum which may support an interpretation of the object as an accreting, semidetached binary white dwarf system.

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The ultrashort period variable AM CVn possesses a most unusual spectrum which may support an interpretation of the object as an accreting, semidetached binary white dwarf system.

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The ultrashort period variable AM CVn possesses a most unusual spectrum which may support an interpretation of the object as an accreting, semidetached binary white dwarf system.

Key concepts: Physics, Variable star, Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, Astronomy, Stars

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