Irradiation effects in compact binaries

Irradiation of the secondaries in close binary systems affects their appearance and can drastically change their internal structure and hence long-term evolution.. In this paper we review the main effects of external irradiation in close binaries with compact primaries, such as the distortion of the...

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Hauptverfasser: Beer, M, Podsiadlowski, P
Format: Conference item
Veröffentlicht: 2002
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