{"title":"A statistical analysis of binary stars","authors":"Rang Jian-xiang","doi":"10.1016/0146-6364(80)90001-8","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Comparing the various statistical equilibrium distributions with the observed distributions in the system of double stars, the following results are obtained: (1) most of the single stars now observed in the Galaxy are not produced through the dissociation of binary stars; (2) at the present stage of the Galaxy the possibility of a single star capturing another to form a binary is much greater than the possibility of a binary dissociating into two single ones; (3) the probability of binary stars decreasing their distance to form a close binary is much greater than that of binary stars increasing their distances.</p><p>This paper proposes a view-point on the evolution of single stars, binary stars and multiple stars different from Ambartsumian's.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100241,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Astronomy","volume":"4 3","pages":"Pages 213-219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1980-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0146-6364(80)90001-8","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Chinese Astronomy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0146636480900018","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Comparing the various statistical equilibrium distributions with the observed distributions in the system of double stars, the following results are obtained: (1) most of the single stars now observed in the Galaxy are not produced through the dissociation of binary stars; (2) at the present stage of the Galaxy the possibility of a single star capturing another to form a binary is much greater than the possibility of a binary dissociating into two single ones; (3) the probability of binary stars decreasing their distance to form a close binary is much greater than that of binary stars increasing their distances.
This paper proposes a view-point on the evolution of single stars, binary stars and multiple stars different from Ambartsumian's.