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Table 3 Initial conditions for the three triple systems discussed in Section  4

From: The evolution of hierarchical triple star-systems

Parameters

Gliese 667

Eta Carinae

MIEK

\(m_{1}\) (\(M_{\odot}\))

0.73

110

7

\(m_{2}\) (\(M_{\odot}\))

0.69

30

6.5

\(m_{3}\) (\(M_{\odot}\))

0.37

30

6

\(a_{\mathrm{in}}~\mbox{(AU)}\)

12.6

1

10

\(a_{\mathrm{out}}~\mbox{(AU)}\)

250

25

250

\(e_{\mathrm{in}}\)

0.58

0.1

0.1

\(e_{\mathrm{out}}\)

0.5

0.2

0.7

\(i_{\mathrm{mutual}}\) (∘)

90

90

60

\(g_{\mathrm{in}}\) (rad)

0.1

0.1

0

\(g_{\mathrm{out}}\) (rad)

0.5

0.5

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