scholarly journals The chemical evolution of the secondary stars in close binaries, arising from common-envelope evolution and nova outbursts

1998 ◽  
Vol 301 (3) ◽  
pp. 699-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. B. Marks ◽  
M. J. Sarna
1979 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 383-399
Author(s):  
Janusz Ziółkowski

Three situations involving mass loss from binary systems are discussed. (1) Non-conservative mass exchange in semi-detached binaries. No quantitative estimate of this mechanism is possible at present. (2) Common envelope binaries. There are both theoretical and observational indications that this phase of evolution happens to many systems, even to some that are not very close initially (orbital periods ~ years). (3) Stellar winds in binaries. Observational evidence suggests that stellar winds from components of close binaries (especially semi-detached) are significantly stronger than from single stars at the same location in the H-R diagram. Theoretical arguments indicate that in some cases stellar wind may stabilize the component of a binary against the Roche lobe overflow. In some cases there is weak evidence of an anisotropy in the stellar wind.


2009 ◽  
Vol 400 (2) ◽  
pp. 791-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Pavlovski ◽  
E. Tamajo ◽  
P. Koubsk�� ◽  
J. Southworth ◽  
S. Yang ◽  
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1999 ◽  
Vol 519 (2) ◽  
pp. L169-L171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew R. King ◽  
Mitchell C. Begelman

2019 ◽  
Vol 492 (1) ◽  
pp. 1523-1529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diogo Belloni ◽  
Matthias R Schreiber

ABSTRACT Understanding the origin of the magnetic fields in white dwarfs (WDs) has been a puzzle for decades. A scenario that has gained considerable attention in the past years assumes that such magnetic fields are generated through a dynamo process during common-envelope evolution. We performed binary population models using an up-to-date version of the bse code to confront the predictions of this model with observational results. We found that this hypothesis can explain only the observed distribution of WD magnetic fields in polars and pre-polars and the low-temperature WDs in pre-polars if it is re-scaled to fit the observational data. Furthermore, in its present version, the model fails to explain the absence of young, close detached WD+M-dwarf binaries harbouring hot magnetic WDs and predicts that the overwhelming majority of WDs in close binaries should be strongly magnetic, which is also in serious conflict with the observations. We conclude that either the common-envelope dynamo scenario needs to be substantially revised or a different mechanism is responsible for the generation of strong WD magnetic fields in close binaries.


2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (S240) ◽  
pp. 395-404
Author(s):  
Dany Vanbeveren ◽  
Erwin De Donder

AbstractUnderstanding the galaxy in which we live is one of the great intellectual challenges facing modern science. With the advent of high quality observational data, the chemical evolution modeling of our galaxy has been the subject of numerous studies in the last years. However, all these studies have one missing element which is ‘the evolution of close binaries’. Reason: their evolution is very complex and single stars only perhaps can do the job. (Un)Fortunately at present we know that a significant fraction of the observed intermediate mass and massive stars are members of a binary or multiple system and that certain objects can only be formed through binary evolution. Therefore galactic studies that do not account for close binaries may be far from realistic. We implemented a detailed binary population in a galactic chemical evolutionary model. Notice that this is not something simple like replacing chemical yields. Here we discuss three topics: the effect of binaries on the evolution of 14N, the evolution of the type Ia supernova rate and the effects on the G-dwarf distribution, the link between the evolution of the r-process elements and double neutron star mergers (candidates of short gamma-ray burst objects).


2019 ◽  
Vol 490 (4) ◽  
pp. 5560-5566 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Miguel Holgado ◽  
Paul M Ricker

ABSTRACT Some fraction of compact binaries that merge within a Hubble time may have formed from two massive stars in isolation. For this isolated-binary formation channel, binaries need to survive two supernova (SN) explosions in addition to surviving common-envelope evolution. For the SN explosions, both the mass loss and natal kicks change the orbital characteristics, producing either a bound or unbound binary. We show that gravitational waves (GWs) may be produced not only from the core-collapse SN process, but also from the SN mass loss and SN natal kick during the pre-SN to post-SN binary transition. We model the dynamical evolution of a binary at the time of the second SN explosion with an equation of motion that accounts for the finite time-scales of the SN mass loss and the SN natal kick. From the dynamical evolution of the binary, we calculate the GW burst signals associated with the SN natal kicks. We find that such GW bursts may be of interest to future mid-band GW detectors like DECIGO. We also find that the energy radiated away from the GWs emitted due to the SN mass loss and natal kick may be a significant fraction, ${\gtrsim }10{\,{\rm {per\, cent}}}$, of the post-SN binary’s orbital energy. For unbound post-SN binaries, the energy radiated away in GWs tends to be higher than that of bound binaries.


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