Visual Binary Stars: Data to Investigate Formation of Binaries

Kovaleva D.; Malkov O.; Yungelson L.; Chulkov D.

doi:10.1515/astro-2017-0261

Open Astronomy (Dec 2016)

Visual Binary Stars: Data to Investigate Formation of Binaries

Kovaleva D.,
Malkov O.,
Yungelson L.,
Chulkov D.

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Kovaleva D.: Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 48 Pyatnitskaya St., Moscow 119017, Russian Federation
Malkov O.: Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 48 Pyatnitskaya St., Moscow 119017, Russian Federation
Yungelson L.: Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 48 Pyatnitskaya St., Moscow 119017, Russian Federation
Chulkov D.: Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 48 Pyatnitskaya St., Moscow 119017, Russian Federation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2017-0261
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25, no. 4
pp. 419 – 426

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Statistics of orbital parameters of binary stars as well as statistics of their physical characteristics bear traces of star formation history. However, statistical investigations of binaries are complicated by incomplete or missing observational data and by a number of observational selection effects.

Published in Open Astronomy

ISSN: 2543-6376 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Science: Astronomy
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/astro

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