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The Formation of Contact and Very Close Binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2007

Peter P. Eggleton  and
Ludmila Kisseleva-Eggleton
Peter P. Eggleton
Affiliation:
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics email: ppe@igpp.ucllnl.org, peterluda1@juno.com Physics and Allied Technologies Division Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA94551, USA
Ludmila Kisseleva-Eggleton
Affiliation:
San Francisco State University
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Abstract

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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).

Keywords

stars: evolutionstars: binaries: general
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S246: Dynamical Evolution of Dense Stellar Systems , September 2007 , pp. 267 - 268
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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