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Masses and Evolution of Cataclysmic Binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

H. Ritter
H. Ritter*
Affiliation:
Hamburger Sternwarte, Hamburg, West Germany

Abstract

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The determination of masses and mass ratios of cataclysmic binaries is discussed. It is suggested that these systems started as wide binaries, which have lost substantial amounts of mass and still more substantial amounts of angular momentum.

Type
Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 73: Structure and Evolution of Close Binary Systems , 1976 , pp. 205 - 207
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1976 

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