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We elaborate on the analytical model of Ritter, Zhang, and Kolb (2000, A&A 360, 959) which describes the basic physics of irradiation-driven mass transfer cycles in semi-detached compact binary systems. In particular, we take into account a…

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We first present a summary of our numerical work on accretion discs in close binary systems. Our recent studies on numerical simulations of the surface flow on the mass-losing star in a close binary star is then reviewed.

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The evolution of a binary star system by various analytic approximations of mass transfer is discussed, with particular attention payed to the stability of these processes against runaway on the thermal and dynamical timescales of the mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 G. E. Soberman , E. S. Phinney , E. P. J. van den Heuvel

We present the results of systematic comparison of 2D and 3D numerical models of mass transfer in semidetached binaries. It is shown that only for case of \gamma \sim 1 (near-isothermal case) the obtained 2D and 3D solutions are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. V. Bisikalo , A. A. Boyarchuk , V. M. Chechetkin , O. A. Kuznetsov , D. Molteni

We have performed detailed numerical calculations of the non-conservative evolution of close binary systems with low-mass (1.0-2.0 M_sun) donor stars and a 1.3 M_sun accreting neutron star. Rather than using analytical expressions for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. M. Tauris , G. J. Savonije

We investigate the problem of structures formation in accretion disc zone, resulting from the tidally interaction in close binary star system. We aim to examine the area where the incoming flow meets the matter around secondary star and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-11 Daniela Boneva , Lachezar Filipov

The asymptotic response of donor stars in interacting binary systems to very rapid mass loss is characterized by adiabatic expansion throughout their interiors. In this limit, energy generation and heat flow through the stellar interior can…

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We investigate mass transfer and the formation of disc in binary systems using a combination of numerical simulations and theory. We consider six models distinguished by binary separation, secondary mass and outflow mechanisms. Each system…

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Wind mass transfer in binary systems with AGB donor stars plays a fundamental role in the formation of a variety of objects, including barium stars and CEMP stars. We carry out a comprehensive set of SPH simulations of wind-losing AGB stars…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-19 M. I. Saladino , O. Pols , C. Abate

An accretion disk can be formed around a secondary star in a binary system when the primary companion leaves the Main sequence and starts to lose mass at an enhanced rate. We study the accretion disk evolution and planetary migration in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-05 Alexey D. Nekrasov , Viacheslav V. Zhuravlev , Sergei B. Popov

Close interactions and mass transfer in binary stars can lead to the formation of many different exotic stellar populations, but detailed modeling of mass transfer is a computationally challenging problem. Here, we present an alternate…

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

We describe the evolution of double degenerate binary systems, consisting of components obeying the zero temperature mass radius relationship for white dwarf stars, from the onset of mass transfer to one of several possible outcomes…

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Asynchronous rotation in binary stars produces non-radial oscillations that are known to cause observable variability on orbital timescales. The horizontal perturbations of the surface velocity fields are referred to as "tidal flows". In…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-09 Gloria Koenigsberger , Edmundo Moreno , David Harrington

Results of 3D gas dynamical simulation of mass transfer in binaries are presented for systems with various values of viscosity. Analysis of obtained solutions shows that in the systems with low value of viscosity the flow structure is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. V. Bisikalo , A. A. Boyarchuk , O. A. Kuznetsov , V. M. Chechetkin

The prevalence of binary stars at close separations implies that many of these systems will interact or merge during the binary's lifetime. This paper presents hydrodynamic simulations of the scenario of binary coalescence through unstable…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-29 Morgan MacLeod , Michelle Vick , Dong Lai , James M. Stone

Several dozen binary ultracool and brown dwarf systems have been identified to date. These systems represent valuable probes of star and planet formation at the lowest mass scales. To date, the study of these ultracool binaries has been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-19 Samuel Whitebook , Jim Fuller , Kevin Burdge , Thomas R. Marsh , Dimitri Mawet , Thomas Prince

Binary systems that host a massive star and a non-accreting pulsar can be powerful non-thermal emitters. The relativistic pulsar wind and the non-relativistic stellar outflows interact along the orbit, producing ultrarelativistic particles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-18 Maxim V. Barkov , Valenti Bosch-Ramon

Aims. We present and analyse the detailed physical properties of six binary stellar systems, originally proposed as possible star-black hole binaries on the basis of radial velocities from Gaia's third data release, but soon recognised as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-18 Rhys Seeburger , Hans-Walter Rix , Kareem El-Badry , Johanna Müller-Horn , Alex J. Dimoff , Jan Henneco , Jaime I. Villaseñor

Results of calculations of the flow structure in binary systems with mass exchange driven by stellar wind are presented. 2D simulations have been carried out using the Roe-Oscher scheme. The fine grid we used allowed us to detect the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. A. Boyarchuk , D. V. Bisikalo , E. Yu. Kilpio , O. A. Kuznetsov

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…

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