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Perturbations to Stellar Structure in 2D: Stellar Rotation and Heating in X-ray Binaries

John J. Eldridge, Pascale Garaud, Christopher A. Tout

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0209305

Abstract

We have developed a numerical code with which we study the effects of 2D perturbations on stellar structure. We present new numerical and analytical results on the heating of a main-sequence star in a binary system by its companion.

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