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It is shown that the non-keplerian character of the rotation of the ring of gas particles in a close binary system gives too large an amplitude of the radial velocity curve if this amplitude is determined from the positions of the emission lines of the ring.
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Paczyński, B., Piotrowski, S.L. & Turski, W. The asymmetry of the velocity distribution in the rotating ring in U Gem stars. Astrophys Space Sci 2, 254–257 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00651569
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