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Common Envelope Evolution

Common Envelope Evolution

Hardcover

Series: Programme: Aas-Iop Astronomy

Physics

ISBN10: 075031561X
ISBN13: 9780750315616
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
Published: Dec 1 2020
Pages: 150
Weight: 1.22
Height: 0.50 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

Common envelope evolution is the most important phase in the lives of many significant classes of binary stars. During a common envelope phase, the stars temporarily share the same outer layers, with the cores of both stars orbiting inside the same common envelope. This common envelope is sometimes ejected and helps to explain the formation of a wide variety of astrophysical phenomena, including cataclysmic variables, X-ray binaries, progenitors for type Ia supernovae, and gravitational-wave mergers.

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