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Dynamical evolution of stellar orbits in close binary systems with conservative mass transfer

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We have found that the well-known rule for the distance between the stars to increase or decrease during conservative mass transfer in close binary systems is not valid. We use the equations of Mestschersky to study the evolution of the relative orbits of the stars.

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  1. Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Universitetskiĭ pr. 13, Moscow, 119899, Russia

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Original Russian Text © L.G. Luk’yanov, 2008, published in Astronomicheskiĭ Zhurnal, 2008, Vol. 85, No. 8, pp. 755–768.

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Luk’yanov, L.G. Dynamical evolution of stellar orbits in close binary systems with conservative mass transfer. Astron. Rep. 52, 680–692 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377290808009X

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