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Implications of Binary Properties for Theories of Star Formation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

Richard B. Larson
Richard B. Larson*
Affiliation:
Yale Astronomy Department, Box 208101, New Haven CT 06520–8101, USA

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The overall frequency and other statistical properties of binary systems suggest that star formation is intrinsically a complex and chaotic process, and that most binaries and single stars actually originate from the decay of multiple systems. Interactions between stars forming in close proximity to each other may play an important role in the star formation process itself, for example via tidally induced accretion from disks. Some of the energetic activity of newly formed stars could be due to bursts of rapid accretion triggered by interactions with close companions.

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III. Main Sequence Binary Statistics
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 200: The Formation of Binary Stars , 2001 , pp. 93 - 106
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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