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On Sudden Period Changes in Contact Binaries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
Abstract
We propose that sudden period jumps in contact binaries can be caused by the action of a third companion in a highly eccentric orbit of small periastron distance. Time jumps as observed are easily reproduced for a wide range in mass of the third body but observations may restrict the possible mass range to less than a few times 0.1 Mo.
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- IX. Contact Binaries
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