Published May 1982 | Version v1
Journal article

Evolution of dwarf binaries

  • 1. Astronomical Council, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Description

The circumstances of mass exchange in close binary systems whose components have a mass < or approx. =1 M/sub sun/ are analyzed for the case where the system is losing orbital angular momentum by radiation of gravitational waves. The mass exchange rate will depend on the mass ratio of the components and on the mass of the component that is overfilling its critical Roche lobe. A comparison of the observed orbital periods, masses of the components losing material, and mass exchange rates against the theoretical values for cataclysmic binaries indicates that the evolution of the close binaries WZ Sge, OY Car, Z Cha, TT Ari, 2A 0311-227, and G61-29 may be driven by the emission of gravitational waves

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Journal Title
Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.)
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
3
Series
Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.).
Journal Page Range
198-201
ISSN
0360-0327

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Notes
Cover-to-cover translation of Pis'ma v Astronomicheskij Zhurnal (USSR).