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2004

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2003

ADS: 2003 publications

2002

2001

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• Nova-induced mass transfer variations
  Kolb U., Rappaport S., Schenker K., Howell S. 2001, ApJ, 563, 958-970

• A Catalog and Atlas of Cataclysmic Variable - The Living Edition
  Downes R.A., Webbink R.F., Shara M.M., Ritter H., Kolb U., Duerbeck H. 2001, PASP, 113, 764-768

• The population of cataclysmic variable systems
  Kolb U., 2001, invited review, in The influence of binaries on stellar population studies, D. Vanbeveren (Ed.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, ASSL 264, 321-337

• Nova outbursts and the CV mass transfer spectrum
  Kolb U., 2001, in The Evolution of Binary and Multiple Star Systems, P. Podsiadlowski et al. (Eds.), ASP Conf. Series, 229, 333-344

• Mass estimates in short-period compact binaries
  Kolb U., King A.R., Baraffe I. 2001, MNRAS, 321, 544-548

• The minimum orbital period in thermal-timescale mass transfer
  King A.R., Schenker K., Kolb U., Davies M.B. 2001, MNRAS, 321, 327-332

• The history of Cygnus X-2
  Kolb U., Davies M., King A.R., Ritter H. 2001, in Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei, eds. L. Kaper, E. van den Heuvel, P. Woudt, Lecture Notes in Physics, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 305-306

2000

• Irradiation and mass transfer in low-mass compact binaries
  Ritter H., Zhang Z., Kolb U. 2000, A&A, 360, 959-990

• On the late spectral types of cataclysmic variable secondaries
  Baraffe I., Kolb U. 2000, MNRAS, 318, 354-360

• The violent past of Cygnus X-2
  Kolb U., Davies M., King A.R., Ritter H. 2000, MNRAS, 317, 438-446

• Astronomy teaching at the Open University
  Norton A.J., Jones B.W., Kolb U. 2000, in Information Handling in Astronomy, ed. A. Heck, Kluwer Academic Publisher, ASSL Vol. 250, 187-194

• A mystery solved: the mass ratio of the dwarf nova EM Cygni
  North R.C., Marsh T.R., Moran C.K.J., Kolb U., Smith R.C., Stehle R. 2000, MNRAS, 313, 383-391

• Secondary Stars in CVs: The Theoretical Perspective
  Kolb U., Baraffe I. 2000, NewAR, 44, 99-103

1999

• Brown Dwarfs and the Cataclysmic Variable Period Minimum
  Kolb U., Baraffe I. 1999, MNRAS, 309, 1034-1042

• The evolution of black-hole mass and angular momentum
  King A.R., Kolb U., 1999, MNRAS, 305, 654-660

• X-ray Binaries as Tracers of Star Formation Histories: the XMM Survey of M31
  Kolb U., Osborne J., Watson M., 1999, in The Stellar Content of Local Group Galaxies, ed. P. Whitelock, R. Cannon, IAU Symp. 192, PASP, 496-502

• The CV Period Minimum
  Kolb U., Baraffe I., 1999, in Proceedings of the Annapolis Workshop on Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables, ed. C. Hellier, K. Mukai, ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 197, 273-282

1998

• Are the red dwarfs in cataclysmic variables main-sequence stars?
  Beuermann K., Baraffe I., Kolb U., Weichhold M., 1998, A&A 339, 518-524
  ADS Abstract A&A Abstract astro-ph

• Binary Evolution with Relativistic Jets
  Kolb U., 1998, in 2nd Workshop of Relativistic Jets from Galactic Sources, ed. R.N.Ogley, S.J.Bell Burnell, NewAR 42, 609-612

• The CV Period Gap: Still There
  Kolb U., King A.R., Ritter H., 1998, MNRAS 298, L29-L33

• Supernova Kicks, Magnetic Braking, and Neutron-Star Binaries
  Kalogera V., Kolb U., King A.R., 1998, ApJ 504, 967-977
  
  ADS Abstract astro-ph

• Soft X-Ray Transients in the Hertzsprung Gap
  Kolb U., 1998, MNRAS 297, 419-426

• Properties of Discontinuous and Nova-amplified Mass Transfer in CVs
  Schenker K., Kolb U., Ritter H., 1998, MNRAS 297, 633-647

• Catalogue of Cataclysmic Binaries, Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries and Related Objects
  (6th Edition)
  Ritter H., Kolb U., 1998, A&AS 129, 83-85

• CV and LMXB Population Synthesis
  Kolb U., in: Wild Stars in the Old West: Proccedings of the 13th North American Workshop on Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, ed. S.B Howell, E. Kuulkers, C. Woodward, ASP Conf. Series Vol 137, 190-198

1997

• The Transient Nature of GRO J1655-40 and its Evolutionary State
  Kolb U., King A.R., Ritter H. Frank J., 1997, ApJ 485, L33-L36

• Why Low-Mass Black-Hole Binaries Are Transient
  King A.R., Kolb U., Szuszkiewicz E., 1997, ApJ 488, 89-93

• Transients Among Binaries with Evolved Low-Mass Companions
  King A.R., Frank J., Kolb U., Ritter H., 1997, ApJ 484, 844-847

• Mass Transfer Cycles in Close Binaries with Evolved Companions
  King A.R., Frank J., Kolb U., Ritter H., 1997, ApJ 482, 919-928

• The Formation of Low-Mass Transient X-Ray Binaries
  King A.R., Kolb U., 1997, ApJ 481, 918-925

• Al-26 from ONeMg novae
  Kolb U., Politano M., 1997, A&A 319, 909-922

• Modelling Population II cataclysmic variables
  Stehle R., Kolb U., Ritter H., 1997, A&A 320, 136-146

1996

• The Age of Cataclysmic Variables
  Kolb U., Stehle R., 1996, MNRAS 282, 1454-1460

• Black Hole Binaries and X-Ray Transients
  King A.R., Kolb U., Burderi L., 1996, ApJ 464, L127-L130

• Global analysis of mass transfer cycles in cataclysmic variables
  King A.R., Frank J., Kolb U., Ritter H., 1996, ApJ 467, 761-772

• An analytic approach to the secular evolution of cataclysmic variables
  Stehle R., Ritter H., Kolb U., 1996, MNRAS 279, 581-590

• Understanding the long-term evolution of CVs and LMXBs: principles and problems
  Kolb U., in: Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, ed. A.Evans, J.H.Wood, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, IAU Coll.158, 1996, p.433-442

1995 (incomplete)

• CV evolution: the role of the white dwarf magnetic field
  Kolb U., in: Cape Workshop on Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables, ed. D.A.H.Buckley, B.Warner, ASP Conf. Series Vol.85, 1995, p.440-451

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