Mass flow due to heating in a binary system - Application to U CepheiThe possibility of mass flow due to the heating of the cooler component in a close binary system has been investigated. The heating may be caused by irradiation from the hotter companion or by other mechanisms such as the spacial coincidence of non-linear 'g-mode' oscillations in the cooler star. The 2.4-day period binary U Cep, in which gas streaming has been observed, has been chosen for model calculations. Preliminary results show that such a heating of the lower atmosphere of the cooler star could lead to mass flow at an average rate of 10 to the -9th - 10 to the -7th solar mass per year without the star necessarily filling its critical Roche surface.
Document ID
19820064575
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Kondo, Y. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Modisette, J. L. (Modisette, Inc. Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Meeting Information
Meeting: Binary and multiple stars as tracers of stellar evolution