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Mass transfer (MT) is a fundamental process in stellar evolution. While MT in circular orbits is well studied, observations indicate that it also occurs in eccentric ones, where theoretical models are limited. We present a new semi-analytic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-04 A. Parkosidis , S. Toonen , F. Dosopoulou , E. Laplace

Although mass transfer (MT) has been studied primarily in circular binaries, observations show that it also occurs in eccentric systems. We investigate orbital evolution during nonconservative MT in eccentric orbits, a process especially…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-25 A. Parkosidis , S. Toonen , E. Laplace , F. Dosopoulou

Calculation of the mass transfer (MT) rate $\dot{M}_\text{d}$ of a Roche lobe overflowing star is a fundamental task in binary star evolution theory. Most of the existing MT prescriptions are based on a common set of assumptions that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-05 Jakub Cehula , Ondřej Pejcha

Most studies of mass transfer in binary systems assume circular orbits at the onset of Roche lobe overflow. However, there are theoretical and observational indications that mass transfer could occur in eccentric orbits. In particular,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-27 Adrian S. Hamers , Fani Dosopoulou

The rapid circularization and synchronization of the stellar components in an eccentric binary system at the onset of Roche lobe overflow (RLO) is a fundamental assumption common to all binary stellar evolution and population synthesis…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 J. F. Sepinsky , B. Willems , V. Kalogera , F. A. Rasio

We present the first calculations of mass transfer via RLOF for a binary system with a significant eccentricity using our new binary stellar evolution code. The study focuses on a 1.50+1.40 Msun main sequence binary with an eccentricity of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 P. J. Davis , L. Siess , R. Deschamps

We investigate the secular evolution of the orbital semi-major axis and eccentricity due to mass transfer in eccentric binaries, allowing for both mass and angular momentum loss from the system. Adopting a delta function mass transfer rate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-28 J. F. Sepinsky , B. Willems , V. Kalogera , F. A. Rasio

Despite numerous efforts to better understand binary star evolution, some aspects of it remain poorly constrained. In particular, the evolution of eccentric binaries has remained elusive mainly because the Roche lobe formalism derived for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Charles-Philippe Lajoie , Alison Sills

We investigate the secular evolution of the orbital semi-major axis and eccentricity due to mass transfer in eccentric binaries, assuming conservation of total system mass and orbital angular momentum. Assuming a delta function mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. F. Sepinsky , B. Willems , V. Kalogera , F. A. Rasio

This review explores the physical mechanisms driving the evolution of low- and intermediate-mass binary star systems, with particular emphasis on emerging mechanisms that challenge classical paradigms. We begin by describing the principal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-30 Lionel Siess

As the number of observed merging binary black holes (BHs) grows, accurate models are required to disentangle multiple formation channels. In models with isolated binaries, important uncertainties remain regarding the stability of mass…

Finite eccentricities in mass-transferring eccentric binary systems can be explained by taking into account mass-loss and mass-transfer processes that often occur in these systems. These processes can be treated as perturbations to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-06 Fani Dosopoulou , Vicky Kalogera

Observations reveal that mass-transferring binary systems may have non-zero orbital eccentricities. The time-evolution of the orbital semi-major axis and eccentricity of mass-transferring eccentric binary systems is an important part of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-06 Fani Dosopoulou , Vicky Kalogera

Mass transfer (MT) in binary systems is a common evolutionary process that can significantly affect the structure, evolution, and final fate of both stars. In modeling MT hydrodynamics, it is usually assumed that the critical point of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-18 Jakub Cehula , Ondřej Pejcha

Hot subdwarf-B stars in long-period binaries are found to be on eccentric orbits, even though current binary-evolution theory predicts those objects to be circularised before the onset of Roche-lobe overflow (RLOF). We aim to find…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-30 Joris Vos , Roy Østensen , Pablo Marchant , Hans Van Winckel

Merging double compact objects (CO) represent the inferred sources of every detected gravitational wave (GW) signal, thus modeling their progenitors is important to constrain stellar evolution theory. Stable mass transfer (MT) between a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-10 Annachiara Picco , Pablo Marchant , Hugues Sana , Gijs Nelemans

Tidal evolution of eccentric binary systems containing at least one massive main-sequence (MS) star plays an important role in the formation scenarios of merging compact-object binaries. The dominant dissipation mechanism in such systems…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Yubo Su , Dong Lai

Massive binaries are vital sources of various transient processes, including gravitational-wave mergers. However, large uncertainties in the evolution of massive stars, both physical and numerical, present a major challenge to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-09 Poojan Agrawal , Jarrod Hurley , Simon Stevenson , Carl L. Rodriguez , Dorottya Szecsi , Alex Kemp

High rates of stable mass transfer (MT) occur for some binary star systems, resulting in luminous transients and circumbinary outflows (CBOs). We perform hydrodynamical simulations of a $10 \ M_\odot$ donor star and a $5\ M_\odot$ point…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 Peter Scherbak , Wenbin Lu , Jim Fuller

Triple stars are prevalent within the population of observed stars. Their evolution, compared to binaries, is notably more complex, influenced by unique dynamical, tidal, and mass transfer processes. Understanding these phenomena is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-08 F. Kummer , S. Toonen , A. Dorozsmai , E. Grishin , A. de Koter
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