Tidal circularization in massive binaries

Details Tidal circularization in massive binaries Tidal circularization in massive binaries

Apr 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987ap%26ss.132..269b&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X), vol. 132, no. 2, April 1987, p. 269-276.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Atmospheric Circulation, Binary Stars, Stellar Mass, Supernovae, Tides, Circular Orbits, Main Sequence Stars, Wolf-Rayet Stars

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The author considers the time-scale of orbital circularization for those massive binary systems that produce WR+C systems. Using the observation that such systems have acquired circular orbits on a time-scale of the order of the Main-Sequence lifetime of the initial secondary, the intrinsic time-scale of the tidal interaction τ0 is estimated. It is found that the tidal dissipation in such systems is very efficient and that, on the average, τ0≡ 103yr.

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