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Anomalous Mass Ratios in O-Star Binaries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
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A study of the binary frequency among the O-stars finds that only 40% are binaries. They show a strong tendency to have mass ratios near unity and none with values less than 0.3. We discuss the evidence that mass loss is responsible for the observed mass ratios.
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- IV. Massive Binary Systems
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