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The structure of close binaries

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A method for calculating the structure of a close binary component is presented. It is seen that the effect of binary distortion is to shift the zero age main sequence to the right. Attempts to construct contact systems with these models confirm the results of earlier workers that this is not possible.

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  1. Queen Mary College, London, England

    I. W. Roxburgh

  2. City of London Polytechnic, London, England

    P. S. Williams

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Roxburgh, I.W., Williams, P.S. The structure of close binaries. Astrophys Space Sci 54, 199–209 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00637908

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