Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997mnras.291..250c&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 291, Issue 2, pp. 250-260.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Magnetic Fields, Binaries: General, Stars: Magnetic Fields
Scientific paper
It is known that a magnetically channelled wind from the secondary star in a close binary, together with tidal coupling, leads to a continuous loss of orbital angular momentum. The consequent shrinkage of the secondary's Roche lobe drives mass transfer, via overflow through the L_1 region. Expressions are derived here for the mass transfer rate, using fast rotator braking theory, for a variety of dynamo laws relating the star's surface field B_0 to its angular velocity Omega_s. For scaling from a mean solar field of Bsolar=1G, a nearer quadratic than linear dependence of B_0 on Omega_s leads to mass transfer rates in best agreement with observations, allowing for field saturation. The secondary is then driven out of thermal equilibrium as it approaches a mass of 0.3Msolar, as required in current explanations of the period gap.
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