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Contact Binary Stars

Contact Binary Stars is a type of binary star system in which two stellar components orbit so closely that their outer atmospheres physically interact and share a common envelope, distinguishing it from detached or semi-detached systems by direct mass and energy exchange between the stars.

315

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14.3K

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926

Authors

385

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2017–2026

72

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Contact Binaries

Parents

Publications

315

On the nucleus structure and activity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

H. Sierks, C. Barbieri, P. Lamy et al. · Science · 2015 · 437 citations

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Forty eclipsing binaries in the Small Magellanic Cloud: fundamental parameters and Cloud distance

R. W. Hilditch, Ian D. Howarth, Tim J. Harries · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2005 · 398 citations · Full text

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Detectable radio flares following gravitational waves from mergers of binary neutron stars

Ehud Nakar, Tsvi Piran · Nature · 2011 · 394 citations · Full text

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The Structure of Contact Binaries

L. B. Lucy · The Astrophysical Journal · 1968 · 357 citations

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Evolution of Close Binary Systems

K. Yakut, P. P. Eggleton · The Astrophysical Journal · 2005 · 350 citations · Full text

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Authors

926

  1. SM
    S. M. Ruciński

    University of Toronto, Canada

    21 publications · 1.5K citations

    20

    h-index

  2. SQ
    S.‐B. Qian

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    23 publications · 461 citations

    14

    h-index

  3. RW
    R. W. Hilditch

    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 755 citations

    13

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  4. JH
    J.-J. He

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    15 publications · 475 citations

    13

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  5. LZ
    Li-Ying Zhu

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    15 publications · 398 citations

    11

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Institutions

385

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    24 h-index

    241 publications

    6.7K citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    22 h-index

    40 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. Yunnan Observatories

    Kunming, China

    20 h-index

    171 publications

    5.2K citations

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    18 h-index

    104 publications

    3.2K citations

  5. National Astronomical Observatories

    Beijing, China

    18 h-index

    100 publications

    2.5K citations

  6. Andrews University

    Berrien Springs, United States

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    866 citations

  7. National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand

    Chiang Mai, Thailand

    12 h-index

    33 publications

    732 citations

  8. Shandong University

    Jinan, China

    10 h-index

    44 publications

    2.1K citations

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Venues

  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 44 publications · 3.2K citations

    31

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    64 publications · 2.9K citations

    28

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  3. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 56 publications · 2.3K citations

    28

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    17 publications · 576 citations

    15

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  5. 12

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