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A Numerical Approximation for Hierarchical Triples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Douglas C. Heggie*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, U.K.

Abstract

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This paper describes a numerical method for following the evolution of the orbit of a perturbed binary (e.g. the inner binary of a hierarchical triple) by means of averaging.

Type
Stellar Dynamics, Models
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

References

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