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Mass Transfer Rates in Algol Binaries Deduced from Their Period Changes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

D. S. Hall  and
S. G. Neff
D. S. Hall
Affiliation:
Dyer Observatory, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., U.S.A.
S. G. Neff
Affiliation:
Dyer Observatory, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., U.S.A.

Abstract

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Average mass transfer rates in 23 Algol binaries are derived by analyzing their observed period changes within the framework of the Biermann-Hall period change model. These are compared with thermal mass loss rates computed from the dimensions which the cooler (mass-losing) component had at the onset of mass outflow. The agreement is quite good and confirms a claim made earlier that the subgiant components in Algol binaries are losing mass at a rapid (thermal) rate, not at a slow (nuclear) rate.

Type
Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 73: Structure and Evolution of Close Binary Systems , 1976 , pp. 283 - 288
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1976 

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