Hidden Population of Algols

We present the results of Monte Carlo simulation aiming to estimate the frequency of semi-detached Algol-type binaries among the stars observed as single. When an account is taken of various detection biases (mostly due to inclination of orbits), the fraction of Algols among the Galactic disk stars...

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Main Authors: Malkov O., Kovaleva D., Yungelson L., Avvakumova E., Chulkov D., Dluzhnevskaya O., Kniazev A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2016-12-01
Series:Open Astronomy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2017-0257