Question

J. P. M. Prentice discovered a form of these constructs that was visible to the naked eye for several months. That one of these constructs, DQ Herculis, is a prototype for a category of these things called intermediate polars. When these non-white dwarf (15[1])constructs unusually increase in brightness and quickly go back to their quiescent state, they are called cataclysmic variables. (15[1]-5[1])The (*) “overcontact” one of these systems (10[2])is made when a gaseous (10[1])envelope (-5[2])is shared. (10[2]-5[1])They’re (10[1])not (10[1])pulsars, but (10[1])Russell Hulse (10[1])and Joseph Taylor Jr. (10[3])won the Nobel Prize for their namesake (10[1])one of these (-5[1])systems (10[1])used as a test (10[1])for general (10[2])relativity. (10[1]-5[1])When these systems are detached, each star (10[1])is within (-5[1])its own Roche lobe. (10[2])For 10 points, name these star systems, consisting of two (10[2])gravitationally-bound (10[3])stars that are orbiting one another. ■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: binary star systems [accept binary stars; accept detached binary systems; accept Hulse-Taylor binary pulsar; accept overcontact binary; accept cataclysmic variables before mention; prompt on intermediate polars before mention]
<Ezra Santos, Other Science>
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John John GrogerWUSTLChicago A4215
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley CBerkeley B6015
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame BIndiana A60-5
Anurag SodhiMITYale A6610
Rasheeq AzadUNC CUNC B6610
Vincent DuUNC ADuke A7110
Shardul ParthasarathyIllinois BIllinois A72-5
Isaac OjutomoriTuftsBU72-5
Athena ShaddenTexas AHouston7410
Enoch Yuen3HK1MMGressenheller A74-5
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Thomas GlotfeltyVirginia Tech ARIT A7510
Swapnil GargBerkeley AStanford7610
Bill ZhaoUF CUF B7810
Sinecio MoralesJHU APrinceton8010
Aditya PatnaikOhio State BOhio State C8410
Joel MilesMinnesotaNorthwestern A8410
Andrew WangIllinois AIllinois B8410
Coby TranChicago BNorthwestern B9110
Jacob EvansMichigan StateOhio State A94-5
Agnijo BanerjeeSee itThe Crying of Team 499510
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Moses KitakuleColumbiaNYU A10110
Rachel BenthamSortedLSE10110
James McCurleyHarvard BHarvard A10210
Gus VanskikeMarylandNYU B102-5
Owen GilroyTexas BTAMU10910
Zachary WerthIllinois CNotre Dame C111-5
Danny PeelenPittsburghMichigan A11510
Khanh NguyenUF AUCF11510
Logan MathisSIUEIndiana B12510
Christopher DechBrandeisYale B12510
David NeimanCarnegie MellonMichigan B12610
Davis JohnsonPurdueNotre Dame A12610
Kai MadgwickGressenheller A3HK1MM12610
Jacob GoodsonOhio State AMichigan State13310
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame CIllinois C13310
Alex AkridgeIndiana ANotre Dame B13310
Gangrade AdityaBUTufts13310
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