Snezana Prodan
University of Toronto
7 Papers
144 Citations
Snezana Prodan is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stellar evolution & Light curve. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 7 publications.
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Papers
Secular Evolution of Binaries near Massive Black Holes: Formation of Compact Binaries, Merger/Collision Products and G2-like Objects
TL;DR: In this paper, the evolution of binary stars around massive black holes (MBHs) in nuclear stellar clusters was studied, and it was shown that stellar binaries with highly inclined orbits with respect to their orbits around MBHs are strongly affected by secular processes, which periodically change their eccentricities and inclinations.
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Secular Evolution Of Binaries Near Massive Black Holes: Formation of compact binaries, merger/collision products and G2-like objects
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the evolution of binary stars around a nuclear stellar cluster (NSC) and found that stellar binaries in the central parts of NSCs are highly likely to evolve into eccentric and/or short period binaries, and become strongly interacting binaries either on the main sequence or through their later binary stellar evolution.
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On the Dynamics and Tidal Dissipation Rate of the White Dwarf in 4U 1820-30
Snezana Prodan,Norman Murray +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that the period of libration is of order 170 days when the mutual inclination is near the Kozai critical value, and that this long period motion arises if the system is librating around the stable fixed point in a Kozai resonance.
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On the dynamics of ultra compact x-ray binaries: 4u 1850-087, 4u 0513-40, and m15 x-2
Snezana Prodan,Norman Murray +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors extended the dynamical study of ultra compact X-ray binaries (UCXB) 4U 1820-30 from Prodan and Murray to three more UCXBs in globular clusters: 4U 1850-087, 4U 0513-40, and M15 X-2.
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On WD-WD Mergers in Triple Systems: The Role of Kozai Resonance with Tidal Friction
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of tidal forces in WDM-WD mergers was investigated and it was shown that tidal effects are important in the regime of moderately high initial relative inclination between the inner binary and the outer tertiary.
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