Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002arep...46..942r&link_type=abstract
Astronomy Reports, Vol. 46, Issue 12, pp. 942-954
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
We have modeled the dynamical evolution of small groups of N=3 18 stars in the framework of the gravitational N-body problem, taking into account possible coalescences of stars and the ejection of single and binary stars from the system. The distribution of states is analyzed for a time equal to 300 initial crossing times of the system. The parameters of the binaries and stable triple systems formed, as well as those of ejected single stars, are studied. In most cases, the evolution of the group results in the formation of a binary or stable triple system. The orbital eccentricities of the binaries formed are distributed according to the law f(e)=2e. As a rule, stable triple systems display pronounced hierarchy (the mean ratio of the semimajor axes of the outer and inner binaries is about 20:1). Stars are ejected with velocities from several km/s to several tens of km/s. The results of the modeling are compared with the parameters of observed wide binaries and triple systems.
Orlov Valeri
Petrova Anna V.
Rubinov A. V.
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