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The Occurrence of Different Wolf-Rayet Phases in Massive Close Binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

C. Doom
Affiliation:
Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
J.P. De Grève
Affiliation:
Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

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In a recent paper (Doom and De Grève, 1981) the remaining main sequence lifetime of the mass gaining component in massive close binary systems was computed. Using results of that paper and the definition of the four important events in the evolution of a massive close binary system (RLOF(M1), RLOF(M2), SN(M1), SN(M2)), four evolutionary stages in the life of the system can be defined: OB+OB, WR+OB, c+OB (or WR+WR) and c+WR. The two possibilities for the third stage depend on the initial mass ratio of the system. The final stage c+c, is not considered here.

Type
SESSION 5 — EVOLUTIONARY STATUS OF WOLF-RAYET STARS
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1982 

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