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Figure 17: Short-period AM CVn systems, subdivided in different types. Each panel shows the total population as the white histogram. The top left panel shows 11,000 systems that can be resolved by LISA in gray, and they are subdivided into the ones that have optical counterparts (GWR + Opt), X-ray counterparts (GWR + X), and both (GWR + Opt + X). The top right panel shows the systems that are in the direct impact phase of accretion in gray, and they are subdivided in GWR and X-ray sources. The bottom two panels show (again in gray) the populations that are detectable in the optical band (left panel) and the X-ray band (right panel). The distribution of sources detectable both in optical and X-ray bands is shown as hatched bins in both lower panels (Opt + X). (Figure from [287].) |