Table 3: Assumed binary parameter of WX Ceti and model parameter. In the EMT scenario $f_{\rm ill}$ defines the strength of enhanced mass transfer and $\langle\mbox{$R_{\rm out}$ }\rangle$ the mean outer radius which is assumed to be given by the average of r1, r2, and $r_{\rm max}$ in Table 1 of Paczynsky (1977). We arbitrarily assumed a rather low value of the viscosity parameter during quiescence ($\alpha _c$) to reproduce the long lasting low-states.

$P_{\rm orb}$/h
1.4
$T_{\rm sec}$ 2750 K
$\mbox{$M_{\rm wd}$ }/\mbox{$M_{\odot}$ }$ 1.0
$\mbox{$M_{\rm sec}$ }/\mbox{$M_{\odot}$ }$ 0.1
$R_{\rm wd}$/108 cm 5.6
i/$~^{\circ}$ 60
d/pc 100
$\alpha_{\rm c}$ 0.008
$\alpha_{\rm h}$ 0.12
$\langle R_{{\rm out}}\rangle/10^{10}$cm 2.1
$f_{\rm ill}$ 0.15


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