The distribution of secondary masses in post-common-envelope binaries: A potential test of disrupted magnetic braking

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 641, Issue 2 II, 2006, Pages

  Politano, Michael ^a   Weiler, Kevin P ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: close; Stars: evolution; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs; Stars: magnetic fields; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745311090     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504257     Document Type: Article

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