Mass transfer and accretion in close binaries: A review
Abstract
The discovery of the strong Galactic X-ray sources (Giacconi et al., 1962; Giacconi, 1974; Gursky and Schreier, 1975) and the suggestion that these sources may be powered by accretion onto a compact object orbiting a 'normal' stellar companion (Hayakawa and Matsouko, 1964; Zel'dovich and Guseynov, 1965) has, over the past twenty years or so, led to renewed interest in the processes of mass transfer and accretion in close binary stars.
- Publication:
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Vistas in Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- 1984
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0083-6656(84)90007-2
- Bibcode:
- 1984VA.....27..149B
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics;
- Binary Stars;
- Mass Transfer;
- Stellar Mass Accretion;
- Roche Limit;
- Stellar Envelopes;
- Stellar Winds;
- X Ray Stars;
- Astrophysics