| Issue |
A&A
Volume 486, Number 3, August II 2008
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|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 919 - 921 | |
| Section | Stellar structure and evolution | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809530 | |
| Published online | 29 May 2008 | |
Research Note
On the origin and evolutionary state of RZ Cassiopeiae, KO Aquilae, and S Equulei
1
Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium e-mail: [nmenneke;jpdgreve;wvanrens]@vub.ac.be
2
Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 48 Pyatnitskaya St., 119017 Moscow, Russia e-mail: lry@inasan.ru
Received:
7
February
2008
Accepted:
30
April
2008
Aims. We determine the present evolutionary state and the restrictions on the initial mass ratios of RZ Cas, KO Aql and S Equ.
Methods. We compare mass-gaining stars with evolutionary models of single stars with the same mass and subsequently compare them with accretion tracks from simultaneous conservative binary evolution.
Results. The gainers are in an early main sequence stage (Xc > 0.5), with KO Aql being almost unevolved (assuming quasi-thermal equilibrium). The initial donor/gainer mass ratios 
must be larger than three to obtain the present mass and luminosity of the gainers.
Key words: stars: binaries: eclipsing / stars: binaries: close / stars: individual: RZ Cas / stars: individual: KO Aql / stars: individual: S Equ
© ESO, 2008
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