The Formation of Contact and Very Close Binaries
Abstract
We explore the possibility that all close binaries, i.e. those with periods < 3 days, including contact binaries, are produced from initially wider binaries by the action of a triple companion through the medium of Kozai Cycles with Tidal Friction (KCTF).
- Publication:
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Dynamical Evolution of Dense Stellar Systems
- Pub Date:
- May 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921308015743
- Bibcode:
- 2008IAUS..246..267E
- Keywords:
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- stars: evolution;
- stars: binaries: general