On the maintenance of a temperature discontinuity in contact binary stars

Details On the maintenance of a temperature discontinuity in contact binary stars On the maintenance of a temperature discontinuity in contact binary stars

Oct 1979

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 189, Oct. 1979, p. 5P-8P.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Binary Stars, Stellar Models, Stellar Temperature, Astrophysics, Conductive Heat Transfer, Steady Flow, Stellar Envelopes, Temperature Profiles, Transition Layers

Scientific paper

It is shown that the 'contact discontinuity' hypothesized by Shu et al.
in their models of contact binary stars cannot be maintained by the
steady flow mechanism they propose. It is concluded that the
discontinuity disappears on a thermal timescale.

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