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The aim of the present paper will be to extend the methods of our previous investigations (Kopal, 1980, 1987) by employing the Clairaut coordinates (in which the radial component is identified with the total potential) to analyze the nature of small oscillations about the equilibrium form of Roche double-star model (identical, in fact, with zero-velocity surfaces of the restricted problem of three bodies).
Linearized equations of this problem have been set up in Clairaut coordinates, and solved in a closed form. This solution turns out to be closely analogous to that obtained already for the rotating single-star Roche model, and discloses that (like in the preceding case) the terms secular in time appear already in the linear approximation. However, whether or not a retention of nonlinear terms in the equations of motion can regain secular stability of the respective configurations remains yet to be clarified by future investigations.
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Kopal, Z. Vibrational stability of double-star Roche model. Astrophys Space Sci 134, 55–71 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00636453
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