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astro-ph1993★ 79 cited
Equilibrium, Stability and Orbital Evolution of Close Binary Systems
D. Lai, F. A. Rasio, S. L. Shapiro
We present a new analytic study of the equilibrium and stability properties of close binary systems containing polytropic components. Our method is based on the use of ellipsoidal…
astro-ph1993★ 127 cited
Hydrodynamic Instability and Coalescence of Binary Neutron Stars
D. Lai, F. A. Rasio, S. L. Shapiro
We study the importance of hydrodynamic effects on the evolution of coalescing binary neutron stars. Using an approximate energy functional constructed from equilibrium solutions f…