Evolutionary Processes in Low-Mass Binary Systems |
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| Authors: | Peter P Eggleton Ludmila Kisseleva-Eggleton |
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| Institution: | (1) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, East Avenue, Livermore, CA, USA;(2) Department of Mathematics, University of the Pacific, Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA, USA |
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| Abstract: | We consider the evolution of certain low-mass binaries, incorporating models of (a) internal evolution, (b) tidal friction,
(c) dynamo activity driven by an elementary α,Ω dynamo, (d) stellar wind driven by the activity, and (e) magnetic braking
as a consequence of wind and poloidal dynamo-generated magnetic field. In some circumstances the stellar wind is found to
remove mass on a nuclear timescale, as is necessary to explain some observed systems.
We can hope that various uncertainties in the model may be clarified by a careful comparison of the models with such observed
quantities as rotation periods. These are modified by processes (a), (b) and (e). Assuming that stellar evolution is slow,
rotation rate should in some circumstances represent a balance between magnetic braking trying to slow the star down and tidal
friction trying to spin it up. Preliminary attempts are promising, but indicate that some fine tuning is necessary.
When there is a third body present, in an orbit which is inclined but not necessarily of short period, the eccentricity of
a close binary can be strongly modified by ‘Kozai cycles’. We show that this may complicate attempts to account for spin rates
of stars in close binaries. |
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| Keywords: | double stars dynamo activity winds magnetic braking tidal friction |
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