The Synthesis of Close-Binary Light Curves IV. An Application to TX Ursae Majoris and MR Cygni
Abstract
A full description is given of the theory used in light curve synthesis, for binary stars showing various degrees of interaction. For strongly interacting pairs, an iterative mutual heating calculation is introduced. Detailed models are derived by these methods, and discussed, for the weakly interacting system TX U Ma and the strongly interacting system MR Cyg. A critical appraisal is given of this method of light curve synthesis and its results.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- January 1973
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00645591
- Bibcode:
- 1973Ap&SS..20..123H