Mass transfer between double white dwarfs
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Mass Transfer between Double White Dwarfs
Three periodically variable stars have recently been discovered (V407 Vul, P = 9.5 min; ES Cet, P = 10.3 min; RX J0806.3+1527, P = 5.3 min) with properties that suggest that their photometric periods are also their orbital periods, making them the most compact binary stars known. If true, this might indicate that close, detached, double white dwarfs are able to survive the onset of mass transfe...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0035-8711,1365-2966
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07564.x