Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Jul 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985natur.316...42n&link_type=abstract
Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 316, July 4, 1985, p. 42-44.
Statistics
Computation
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Companion Stars, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Mass, Computational Astrophysics, Degenerate Matter, Dwarf Stars, Mass Ratios, Opacity, Stellar Models, Stellar Systems
Scientific paper
Results of the first numerical evolutionary calculations for very low-mass stars with ages up to the age of the Galaxy are presented. The calculations shed new light on the nature of the recently discovered object VB 8B, the companion to Van Biesbroeck's star no. 8, and support the identification of this object as a low-mass star in which hydrogen burning was never able to establish thermal equilibrium. For plausible ages of this binary stellar system, the mass of VB 8B is estimated to be in the range 0.04-0.08 solar mass. The object is supported primarily by degenerate electron pressure; its present values of central density and temperature are found to be 500-2000 g/cu cm and 1.0-1.5 million K. An orbital period of more than about 40 yr is predicted for the binary system. The presented evolutionary tracks are also applicable to the interpretation of observations of other very low-luminosity dwarfs.
Joss Paul C.
Nelson Lorne Archie
Rappaport Saul A.
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