Massive close binaries II
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
In the present review we summarize direct and indirect evidence that the massive close binary frequency is very large. We then discuss the binary evolutionary processes and we present a general massive close binary evolutionary scheme. Finally, we highlight the importance of massive close binaries for population number synthesis and the chemical evolution of galaxies.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0302199,
title = {Massive close binaries II},
author = {Dany Vanbeveren},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0302199},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
21 pages, 6 figures, to appear in "Massive Stars: Formation, Evolution, Internal Structure and Environnement", eds. M. Heydari-Malayeri and J.-P. Zahn