AM CVn 2008

Presentations

SURVEYS AND FACILITIES

Jan-Erik Solheim	What we don't know about AM CVns	pdf
Thomas Barclay	Latest results from the RATS project	pdf
Kars Verbeek	Synthetic colours in the European Galactic Plane surveys	pdf
David Buckley	Status of the Southern African Large Telescope	pdf
Stephen Potter	High time-domain astrophysics with SALT	pdf

FORMATION SCENARIOS AND ULTRA-COMPACTS

Chris Deloye	Understanding the AM CVn population: the Implications of Improved Theoretical Modeling	pdf
Marc van der Sluys	Population synthesis for the formation of AM CVn stars and double white dwarfs	pdf
Gavin Ramsay	Review of Recent Work on RX0806 and RX1914	pdf
Simone Dall'Osso	Beyond the unipolar inductor model: the challenge of ultracompact double degenerate binaries	pdf
Matt Wood	SPH Simulations of Direct Impact Accretion in the Ultracompact AM CVn Binaries	pdf

STRUCTURE AND PHYSICS OF THE DONORS AND ACCRETORS

Gijs Roelofs	No Cold Donors in Ultracompact Binaries?	pdf
Lev Yungelson	Models of helium-star donors in AM CVn systems	pdf
Bart Buijs	Temperatures in Low State AM CVn Systems	pdf
Norbert Langer	Effects of rotation in white dwarfs	pdf
Thorsten Nagel	Recent progress in modelling of accretion discs in AM CVn systems	pdf

AM CVns AND RELEVANCE TO TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE

Simon Jeffery	White dwarf mergers: Connections between AM CVn, sdB and RCrB stars	pdf
Philipp Podsialowski	Understanding the Diversity of Type Ia Supernova Progenitors	pdf
Paolo Mazzali	Zorro and the nature of SN Ia explosions	pdf
Ashley Ruiter	AM CVn Formation Channels of SN Ia Progenitors	pdf
Gijs Nelemans	Observationally constraining supernova Ia progenitors	pdf

THE GALACTIC POPULATION OF AM CVns

Tom Marsh	The eclipsing AM CVn, SDSS0926+3624	pdf
Paul Groot	The population of AM CVn stars: An observational outlook	pdf
Danny Steeghs	On spikes and mass ratios: Emission line diagnostics in AM CVns	pdf
Patrick Woudt	The Helium Nova V445 Puppis	pdf

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