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astro-ph.SR2010★ 11 cited
A Semi-empirical Mass-loss Rate in Short-period Cataclysmic Variables
Fedir V. Sirotkin, Woong-Tae Kim
The mass-loss rate of donor stars in cataclysmic variables (CVs) is of paramount importance in the evolution of short-period CVs. Observed donors are oversized in comparison with t…
astro-ph.SR2009★ 26 cited
Internal Structure and Apsidal Motions of Polytropic Stars in Close Binaries
Fedir V. Sirotkin, Woong-Tae Kim
We consider a synchronized, circular-orbit binary consisting of a polytrope with index n and a point-mass object, and use a self-consistent field method to construct the equilibriu…