Astrophysics and Space Science

, Volume 191, Issue 1, pp 137–146 | Cite as

Dependence of tidal effects on the mass distribution in binary stellar systems

  • P. V. Subrahmanyam
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Abstract

Analytic expressions for tidal disruption and tidal coalescence for binary stellar systems have been derived, using impulsive approximation, as a function of the mass ratio and separation of the components. These expressions can be used for any mass distribution of the components for non-interpenetrating cases.

Keywords

Mass Distribution Tidal Effect Stellar System Impulsive Approximation Tidal Disruption 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • P. V. Subrahmanyam
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  1. 1.Centre of Advanced Study in AstronomyOsmania UniversityHyderabadIndia

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