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The mass-radius relation in binary systems

A. Giménez, +1 more
- 01 Sep 1985 - 
- Vol. 114, Iss: 2, pp 259-269
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In this article, the mass-radius relation for Main-Sequence stars from observational data of well-detached binary systems has been determined and compared with theoretical main-sequence models.
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The mass-radius relation is determined for Main-Sequence stars from observational data of well-detached binary systems. The results are compared to previous empirical relations and we discuss their application to the study of the light curves of eclipsing binaries. A comparison with theoretical Main-Sequence models has been carried out.

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Dynamics of Close Binary Systems

Zdeněk Kopal
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a model for the formation and evolution of binary stars in the sky using the Eulerian Equation (ELE) and the Roche Model.
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Evolution in close binary systems

TL;DR: In this article, the authors make use of the observation of photometric over dynamical ellipticities of W UMa-type systems to show that their origin was caused by contraction towards two preexisting mass centers in close proximity of each other.
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