FIGURES OF EQUILIBRIUM IN CLOSE BINARY SYSTEMS

Author(s): Lopez Orti, J. A.; Lopez Garcia, A.; Lopez Machi, R.

Source: CELESTIAL MECHANICS & DYNAMICAL ASTRONOMY  Volume: 53   Issue: 4   Pages: 311-322   Published: DEC 1992

The equilibrium configurations of close binary systems are analyzed. The autogravitational, centrifugal and tidal potentials are expanded in Clairaut’s coordinates. From the set of the total potential angular terms an integral equations system is derived. The reduction of them to ordinary differential equations and the determination of the boundary conditions allow a formulation of the problem in terms of a single variable.