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Evolved stars as donors in symbiotic binaries

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 نشر من قبل Augustin Skopal
 تاريخ النشر 2015
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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This contribution is focused on the role of cool giants in symbiotic binaries. Especially, we pay attention to their mass-loss rates and the wind mass-transfer onto their compact accretors.



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