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Energy change in a hard binary due to distant encounters

Roy, Alan A. and Haddow, Morag, Ferraz-Mello, S. (ed.) (2003) Energy change in a hard binary due to distant encounters. Journal of Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 87, (4), 411-435.

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An approximate analytical technique for computing the change in the binding energy of a binary due to an incoming third star moving in a distant parabolic orbit is presented. This is an example of a tidal encounter since we assume that the distance of the third star always considerably exceeds the size of the binary. The perturbation is also adiabatic, varying on a time scale much exceeding the binary period, and the change has an exponential form. Different cases arise depending on the choice of the masses and the angle of inclination of the plane in which the star moves. Some numerical experiments are performed as a means of checking the analytical theory.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:0923-2958
Uncontrolled Keywords:stellar dynamics, binaries:general
Related URLs:http://www.kluweronline.com/is...8/contents
Divisions:Faculty of Physical and Applied Science > Electronics and Computer Science > EEE
ePrint ID:259595
Deposited On:02 Aug 2004
Last Modified:02 Mar 2012 14:02
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