ARE THE ROTATIONAL AXES PERPENDICULAR TO THE ORBITAL PLANES IN THE BINARY-SYSTEMS .1. ASYNCHRONOUS LONG-PERIOD RS CVN STARS

Authors
STAWIKOWSKI A GLEBOCKI R
Citation
A. Stawikowski et R. Glebocki, ARE THE ROTATIONAL AXES PERPENDICULAR TO THE ORBITAL PLANES IN THE BINARY-SYSTEMS .1. ASYNCHRONOUS LONG-PERIOD RS CVN STARS, Acta Astronomica, 44(1), 1994, pp. 33-44
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Acta Astronomica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015237
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
33 - 44
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5237(1994)44:1<33:ATRAPT>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We show that only 12 out of 27 analyzed binaries have data good enough for reliable determination of i(orb) and i(rot). In 4 systems (out of these 12) assumption about coplanarity of rotational equatorial plane and orbital plane is justified. In the remaining cases rotational axe s are not perpendicular to the orbital planes (non-coplanar case). The commonly accepted assumption about the coplanarity of rotational and orbital planes should be revised.