Evidence of thermal disequilibrium in contact binaries.

Details Evidence of thermal disequilibrium in contact binaries. Evidence of thermal disequilibrium in contact binaries.

Feb 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997a%26a...318..171k&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.318, p.171-178

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Stars, Binaries, Close

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We present a test which is sufficient to disprove thermal equilibrium in observed contact binaries. The test is applied to a number of systems with good spectroscopic data. All of them are shown to be in thermal imbalance. Accordingly, many (possibly all) contact binaries evolve on a thermal time-scale, probably in thermal cycles as proposed by Lucy (1976) and Flannery (1976).

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