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An Ultraviolet Study of the Near-Contact Binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

J. S. Shaw*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Georgia Athens, Georgia USA

Abstract

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Five members of the class of near-contact binaries have been investigated in the ultraviolet using the IUE. The spectra have been analyzed to find masses of two of the systems and to indicate the possibility of mass transfer.

Type
Oral and Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1992 

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