Oxford University Press (OUP), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1(368), p. 361-370
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10123.x
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We present observations of dwarf nova oscillations (DNOs), longer period dwarf nova oscillations (lpDNOs), and quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in 13 cataclysmic variable stars (CVs). In the six systems WW Cet, BP CrA, BR Lup, HP Nor, AG Hya, and V1193 Ori, rapid, quasi-coherent oscillations are detected for the first time. For the remainder of the systems discussed we have observed more classes of oscillations, in addition to the rapid oscillations they were already known to display, or previously unknown aspects of the behaviour of oscillations. The period of a QPO in RU Peg is seen to change by 84% over ten nights of the decline from outburst--the largest evolution of a QPO period observed to date. A period-luminosity relation similar to the relation that has long been known to apply to DNOs is found for lpDNOs in X Leo; this is the first clear case of lpDNO frequency scaling with accretion luminosity. WX Hyi and V893 Sco are added to the small list of dwarf novae that have shown oscillations in quiescence. Comment: 15 pages, 23 figures, to appear in MNRAS