THE EFFECT OF RADIATION PRESSURE ON EQUIPOTENTIAL SURFACES IN BINARY-SYSTEMS

Authors
HOWARTH ID
Citation
Id. Howarth, THE EFFECT OF RADIATION PRESSURE ON EQUIPOTENTIAL SURFACES IN BINARY-SYSTEMS, Observatory, 117(1141), 1997, pp. 335-338
Citations number
17
Journal title
Observatory → ACNP
ISSN journal
00297704
Volume
117
Issue
1141
Year of publication
1997
Pages
335 - 338
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-7704(1997)117:1141<335:TEORPO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The effect of radiation pressure on surface equipotentials is reviewed , with particular attention to binary systems. For centrally condensed stars obeying von Zeipel's law, it is shown that the shapes and limit ing volumes are unchanged by radiation has no important effect.