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Cataclysmic Variables
http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/www_astro/gal/cv_beginners.html
- This a great site with a progression from a beginner's perspective of CVs to a nearly expert explanation toward the end. Graphs of light curves give the reader a good idea about the kinds of things scientists use to analyze their data. Very informative. High school and above.
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~imamura/208/feb24/cv.html
- A short explanation of CVs, describing how center-of-mass applies and what makes the system radiate. High school and above.
Magazine Articles
"Accretion Disks in Interacting Binary Stars" by Canizzo & Kaitchuck, 1992, Scientific American, January, 92-99.
- "Henry Norris Russel Prize Lecture of the American Astronomical Society: Fifty years of novae" by Payne-Gaposchkin, 1977, AJ 82, 665-673. Even though this appeared in a professional journal, it is appropriate for serious amateur astronomers and undergraduates majoring in physical sciences.