The age, life expectancy, and space density of post common envelope binaries

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 406, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 305-321

  Schreiber, M R ^a   Gansicke B T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion discs; Stars: binaries: close; Stars: novae, cataclysmic variables

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; MASS TRANSFER; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY; SPACE RESEARCH; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

STARS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0038442165     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030801     Document Type: Article

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