JEE Advance - Physics (2010 - Paper 1 Offline - No. 4)
Explanation
Let stars A and B are rotating about their centre of mass with angular velocity $$\omega$$.
Let distance of stars A and B from the centre of mass be rA and rB respectively as shown in the figure.
Total angular momentum of the binary stars about the centre of mass is
$$L = {M_A}r_A^2\omega + {M_B}r_B^2\omega $$
Angular momentum of the star B about centre of mass is
$${L_B} = {M_B}r_B^2\omega $$
$$\therefore$$ $${L \over {{L_B}}} = {{({M_A}r_A^2 + {M_B}r_B^2)\omega } \over {{M_B}r_B^2\omega }} = \left( {{{{M_A}} \over {{M_B}}}} \right){\left( {{{{r_A}} \over {{r_B}}}} \right)^2} + 1$$
Since $${M_A}{r_A} = {M_B}{r_B}$$
or, $${{{r_A}} \over {{r_B}}} = {{{M_B}} \over {{M_A}}}$$
$$\therefore$$ $${L \over {{L_B}}} = {{{M_B}} \over {{M_A}}} + 1 = {{11{M_S}} \over {2.2{M_S}}} + 1 = {{11 + 2.2} \over {2.2}} = 6$$
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