On orbital circularization in detached close binaries

Details On orbital circularization in detached close binaries On orbital circularization in detached close binaries

Jan 1988

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 324, Jan. 15, 1988, p. L71-L73.

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Binary Stars, Circulation, Hydrodynamics, Orbital Mechanics, Stellar Interiors, Stellar Rotation, Angular Momentum, Computational Astrophysics, Early Stars, Mass Ratios

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The author discusses the orbital circularization process that is concomitant with the hydrodynamical spindown of the components in a detached close binary. This new mechanism explains quite naturally the orbital circularization that is observed in the close (and not so close) early-type binaries. Similarly, whereas the standard tidal-torque approach does not wholly account for orbital circularization in the late-type binaries, the new mechanism is in good agreement with the observations.

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