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arxiv: astro-ph/9906089 · v1 · submitted 1999-06-04 · 🌌 astro-ph

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The SW Sextantis stars

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I review the observational properties of SW Sex stars. I show that they can be explained by an accretion stream overflowing the disc, combined with an accretion disc wind. I suggest that SW Sex behaviour is caused by episodes of very high mass transfer, which are balanced by VY Scl low states.

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