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The evolutionary status of symbiotic stars
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
The evolutionary relations between symbiotic stars and cataclysmic variables are presented. The symbiotic stars are assumed to be long period detached binaries containing a carbon-oxygen degenerate primary and a red giant losing its mass through a spherically symmetric wind. Such systems can be obtained in Case C evolution, provided a common envelope during a rapid mass transfer phase was not formed. The same way recurrent novae containing a red giant as a secondary component may be produced. The factors influencing the differences between symbiotic stars and nova-type stars are discussed.
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- Session IV - Evolutionary Considerations
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 70: The Nature of Symbiotic Stars , 1982 , pp. 275 - 282
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- Copyright © Reidel 1982
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