Email this article WR + OB Binary Systems: Observational Evidence of Their Formation as a Result of Mass Exchange
- Authors: Cherepashchuk A.M.1
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Affiliations:
- Sternberg Astronomical Institute
- Issue: Vol 62, No 9 (2018)
- Pages: 567-573
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7729/article/view/191765
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772918090032
- ID: 191765
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Abstract
An analysis of observational data shows that, in most cases,Wolf–Rayet (WR) stars in known WR+ OB binary systems were formed as a result of mass transfer in initial OB + OB systems, rather than through radial mass loss by the more massive OB star via its stellar wind.
About the authors
A. M. Cherepashchuk
Sternberg Astronomical Institute
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Email: cherepashchuk@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991
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