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Evolution of Wolf-Rayet stars in binary systems: analysis of distributions of masses and orbital eccentricities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Anatol M. Cherepashchuk
Affiliation:
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, 13 Universitetskii Prospekt, Moscow 119992, Russia
Valentin G. Karetnikov
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory, Odessa University, Odessa, 270029, Ukraine

Abstract

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It is shown that up to 90% of the known WR+O binaries have been formed as a result of the mass transfer in O+O binary systems.

Type
Part 2. Interiors of Massive Stars
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

References

Cherepashchuk, A.M., Karetnikov, V.G. 2003, Astron. Reports 47, 38.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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