Formation of the widest binary stars from dynamical unfolding of triple systems

Bo Reipurth () and Seppo Mikkola
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Bo Reipurth: Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Seppo Mikkola: Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, Väisäläntie 20, Piikkiö FI-21500, Finland

Nature, 2012, vol. 492, issue 7428, 221-224

Abstract: An explanation for the formation of binary systems in which the components are extremely far apart is proposed: triple systems can break up and send one component far away by taking energy from the remaining binary, bringing the two stars so close together that from a distance they appear like one star.

Date: 2012
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