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Evolution of Rotation in Binaries: Physical Processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Michel Rieutord*
Affiliation:
Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, 14 avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France

Abstract

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In this review, we describe the physical processes driving the dynamical evolution of binary stars, namely the circularization of the orbit and the synchronization of their spin and orbital rotation. We also discuss the possible role of the elliptic instability which turns out to be an unavoidable ingredient of the evolution of binary stars.

Type
Session 3 Rotation, Solar and Stellar Physics
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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