Approximations to the radii of Roche lobes

Eggleton, P.P.

doi:10.1086/160960

Approximations to the radii of Roche lobes

P.P. Eggleton
(
- Cambridge U.
)

1983

2 pages

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Astrophys.J. 268 (1983) 368

DOI:

10.1086/160960

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Effective radii of Roche lobes were computed and are compared with the results of Kopal and of Pacynski. A convenient approximation is given, whose derivative is smooth and fairly accurate.

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