The many tones of accretion - to the memory of Tomaso Belloni

Session

Beyond Stellar-Mass BHs & New Windows. Session 4.3: CVs

10 Sept 2026, 17:30

Cefalù

91. Optical variability properties of accretion white dwarfs: Tomaso’s legacy beyond X-ray binaries

Dr Simone Scaringi (Durham University)

10/09/2026, 17:30

Talk

Accreting white dwarfs (AWDs) are exceptionally bright and relatively abundant in our Galaxy, making them invaluable laboratories for studying both accretion physics and binary evolution. In this talk, I will focus on cataclysmic variables (a subset of AWDs) and discuss how ground- and space-based observations have provided unprecedented detail on their broad-band and quasi-periodic...