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Excitation of oscillation modes by tides in close binaries: constraints on stellar and orbital parameters
B. Willems
The parameter space favourable for the resonant excitation of free oscillation modes by dynamic tides in close binary components is explored using qualitative considerations to est…
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On the detection of pre-low-mass X-ray binaries
B. Willems, U. Kolb
We explore the population of candidate pre-low-mass X-ray binaries in which a neutron star accretes mass from the wind of a low-mass companion (mass < 2Msun) in the framework of a…