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Transient mass transfer caused by local surface heating in close binariesThe surge of mass from one component of a binary system resulting from local surface heating is analyzed. The impact of such surges on the companion can produce transient phenomena such as those seen in X-ray binaries, RS CVn objects, and cataclysmic variables. The heating may be caused by nonlinear g-mode oscillations or by X-ray heating by the companion in X-ray binaries, among other possible mechanisms. As an example, model calculations have been performed for a surge, triggered by a relatively moderate local heating, in a hypothetical X-ray binary; the results show that such a surge can account for X-ray turn-ons.
Document ID
19810026993
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Modisette, J. J.
(Houston Baptist University Houston, Tex., United States)
Kondo, Y.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Md., United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
August 15, 1980
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
81A11397
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-44-081-005
Distribution Limits
Public
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