The Structure of Close Binaries
Abstract
A method for calculating the structure of a close binary component is presented. It is seen that the effect of binary distortion is to shift the zero age main sequence to the right. Attempts to construct contact systems with these models confirm the results of earlier workers that this is not possible.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- March 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00637908
- Bibcode:
- 1978Ap&SS..54..199R
- Keywords:
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- Binary Stars;
- Companion Stars;
- Heat Transfer;
- Stellar Models;
- Convective Heat Transfer;
- Mathematical Models;
- Radiative Heat Transfer;
- Stellar Rotation;
- Astrophysics