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The SW Sextantis stars

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arxiv astro-ph/9906089 v1 pith:XOILJBL7 submitted 1999-06-04 astro-ph

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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