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Theories of Contact Binary Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Frank H. Shu
Frank H. Shu*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of California Berkeley, California 94720

Abstract

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We review and contrast two current theories for the structure of contact binary stars: discontinuity theory and thermal relaxation oscillation theory. We find that the two theories are complementary with the crucial theoretical issue to be resolved being the secular stability of the temperature inversion layer. Critical observational tests remain to be performed.

Type
IX. Contact Binaries
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 88: Close Binary Stars: Observations and Interpretation , 1980 , pp. 477 - 484
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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