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A Statistical Study of Spectroscopic Binaries Containing A Late-Type Giant Star

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

H.M.J. Boffin*
Affiliation:
Institut d'Astrophysique, Universite Libre de Bruxelles

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Binarity seems to be a feature shared by various classes of Peculiar Red Giants (PRG). This observational fact has led to the general agreement that those stars result from a mass transfer originating from an asymptotic giant branch companion star.

Type
3. Evolution of Peculiar Red Giant Stars
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