Perturbations to Stellar Structure in 2D: Stellar Rotation and Heating in X-ray Binaries
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We have developed a numerical code with which we study the effects of 2D perturbations on stellar structure. We present new numerical and analytical results on the heating of a main-sequence star in a binary system by its companion.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0209305,
title = {Perturbations to Stellar Structure in 2D: Stellar Rotation and Heating in X-ray Binaries},
author = {John J. Eldridge and Pascale Garaud and Christopher A. Tout},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0209305},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
8 pages, 2 figures, for publication by PASP for conference, '3D Stellar Evolution Workshop'