Orbital period changes of contact binary systems: Direct evidence for thermal relaxation oscillation theory

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 328, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 914-924

  Qian, Shengbang ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Binaries: close; Stars: evolution; Stars: fundamental parameters; Stars: oscillations

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSFER; STARS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM LOSS; BINARIES: CLOSE; BINARY SYSTEMS; CONTACT BINARIES; ORBITAL PERIODS; RELAXATION OSCILLATION; STAR OSCILLATIONS; STAR: EVOLUTION; STARS:FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; THERMAL RELAXATION;

SYSTEMS (METALLURGICAL);

EID: 0001341055     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04921.x     Document Type: Article

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