Orbital angular momentum loss via gravitational radiation and mass-transfer rates in close binary systems.
Abstract
The relationship between period changes and mass-transfer rates for close binary systems is discussed, including orbital angular momentum losses. In systems where gravitational radiation is the dominant loss mechanism, a simple criterion for evaluating the effects as nonnegligible can be formulated, and limits on the mass-transfer rate can also be set based just on the sign of the period change. The system DQ Herculis is used as an example for these considerations.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- February 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1086/155868
- Bibcode:
- 1978ApJ...219.1038C
- Keywords:
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- Binary Stars;
- Celestial Mechanics;
- Momentum Transfer;
- Orbital Elements;
- Stellar Gravitation;
- Angular Momentum;
- Astrophysics;
- Mass Transfer;
- Novae;
- Stellar Mass;
- Astrophysics;
- Close Binaries:Gravitational Radiation;
- Close Binaries:Mass Transfer;
- Close Binaries:Novae;
- Close Binaries:Period Changes