Period invariant for constant-fraction donor-wind mass loss
ID: period-invariant-for-constant-fraction-donor-wind-mass-loss
For a slowly evolving circular orbit with constant retained fraction and donor-wind angular-momentum loss, logarithmic differentiation of the circular-binary orbital angular momentum gives . Integration gives the displayed invariant. At it becomes the period-product invariant for conservative mass transfer, while at it becomes . A varying retained fraction does not give this simple power-law invariant.
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