Orbital Separations of White Dwarf--Red Dwarf Binaries

Details Orbital Separations of White Dwarf--Red Dwarf Binaries Orbital Separations of White Dwarf--Red Dwarf Binaries

Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996apj...460..402s&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal v.460, p.402

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

23

Stars: Binaries: Close, Stars: Late-Type, Stars: Low-Mass, Brown Dwarfs, Stars: Luminosity Function, Mass Function, Stars: White Dwarfs

Scientific paper

We measured radial velocities of 21 white dwarf-red dwarf binaries to learn whether their components are close enough now to have shared a common envelope sometime in the past. Of the 14 for which we have adequate data, five are close binaries, while the other nine appear to be widely separated with no previous common envelope evolution. For the former five, some mass transfer likely occurred, so the current masses of the corresponding red dwarfs may vary from their initial masses, and this should be accounted for in derivations of the initial mass function for star formation at the very low-mass end of the main sequence.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Orbital Separations of White Dwarf--Red Dwarf Binaries does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Orbital Separations of White Dwarf--Red Dwarf Binaries, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Orbital Separations of White Dwarf--Red Dwarf Binaries will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1644910