Angular momentum loss and the evolution of binaries of extreme mass ratio

1985 ◽  
Vol 293 ◽  
pp. 504 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Taam ◽  
R. A. Wade
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Mass Ratio ◽  
Momentum Loss ◽  
Angular Momentum Loss

scholarly journals High Mass Ratio Contact Binaries: Recent Evolution into Contact?

1989 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 348-349
Author(s):  
Bruce J. Hrivnak
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Primary Component ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Mass Ratio ◽  
Origin And Evolution ◽  
Momentum Loss ◽  
Angular Momentum Loss ◽  
Mass Ratios ◽  
Contact Binaries

Recent theories of the origin and evolution of contact binaries suggest that the two stars evolve into contact through angular momentum loss (AML; Mochnacki 1981, Vilhu 1982). When in contact, the system then evolves toward smaller mass ratio through mass transfer from the secondary to the primary component (Webbink 1976, Rahunen and Vilhu 1982). Most contact binaries have mass ratios of 0.3 to 0.5.

scholarly journals Slowly, slowly in the wind

2019 ◽  
Vol 626 ◽  
pp. A68 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. I. Saladino ◽  
O. R. Pols ◽  
C. Abate
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Wind Velocity ◽  
Binary Systems ◽  
Asymptotic Giant Branch ◽  
Mass Ratio ◽  
Momentum Loss ◽  
Angular Momentum Loss ◽  
Mass Ratios ◽  
Type Ia ◽  
Particle Hydrodynamics

Wind mass transfer in binary systems with asymptotic giant branch (AGB) donor stars plays a fundamental role in the formation of a variety of objects, including barium stars and carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars. In an attempt to better understand the properties of these systems, we carry out a comprehensive set of smoothed-particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations of wind-losing AGB stars in binaries for a variety of binary mass ratios, orbital separations, initial wind velocities, and rotation rates of the donor star. The initial parameters of the simulated systems are chosen to match the expected progenitors of CEMP stars. We find that the strength of interaction between the wind and the stars depends on the ratio of wind velocity to orbital velocity (v∞/vorb) and on the binary mass ratio. Strong interaction occurs for close systems and comparable mass ratios, and gives rise to a complex morphology of the outflow and substantial angular-momentum loss, which leads to a shrinking of the orbit. As the orbital separation increases and the mass of the companion star decreases, the morphology of the outflow and the angular-momentum loss become more similar to the spherically symmetric wind case. We also explore the effects of tidal interaction and find that for orbital separations up to 7−10 AU, depending on mass ratio, spin-orbit coupling of the donor star occurs at some point during the AGB phase. If the initial wind velocity is relatively low, we find that corotation of the donor star results in a modified outflow morphology that resembles wind Roche-lobe overflow. In this case the mass-accretion efficiency and angular-momentum loss differ from those found for a non-rotating donor. Finally, we provide relations for the mass-accretion efficiency and angular-momentum loss as a function of v∞/vorb and the binary mass ratio that can be easily implemented in a population synthesis code to study populations of barium stars, CEMP stars, and other products of interaction in AGB binaries, such as cataclysmic binaries and type Ia supernovae.

scholarly journals Close Binaries Before and After Mass Exchange: A Comparison of Observations through Theoretical Computations

1980 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 103-107
Author(s):  
J. P. De Grève ◽  
D. Vanbeveren
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Mass Loss ◽  
Mass Exchange ◽  
Close Binaries ◽  
Mass Ratio ◽  
Momentum Loss ◽  
Averaged Equations ◽  
Angular Momentum Loss ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Large Angular Momentum

From a search through the literature 174 close binaries with completely known absolute dimensions are sampled. Distinction is made between systems before and after mass exchange, giving resp. 100 and 40 systems (a third group contains the systems not definitely belonging to these two). Mass, period and mass ratio distributions and relations of the group of “unevolved” binaries (i.e. prior to mass exchange) are transformed into corresponding distributions and relations of evolved binaries. The transformations are based upon the M1 f = g (M1 i) relation derived from an extended set of published theoretical computations on the evolution of close binaries. Final masses resulting from the same initial mass are averaged. Equations are derived for the cases A (for all masses), B1 (M1 i/Mo < 2.8), B2 (2.8 < M1 i/Mo < 9) and B3 (M1 i/Mo > 9). For the changes of the period due to angular momentum loss the formalism of Vanbeveren et al. (1979) was adopted. The following characteristics of the system after mass exchange are computed: M1 f, M2 f (and qf), Pf. Three different modes were applied for the mass loss from the system:a) conservative case (mass and angular momentum of the system remain constant), called C.b) non conservative case with 50% of the transferred mass leaving the system with a small or a large angular momentum loss (resp. called NC51 and NC53).c) non conservative case with 100% of the transferred mass leaving the system with a small or a large angular momentum loss (resp. called NC101 and NC103).

scholarly journals Angular momentum loss and stellar spin-down in magnetic massive stars

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (S259) ◽  
pp. 423-424
Author(s):  
Asif ud-Doula ◽  
Stanley P. Owocki ◽  
Richard H.D. Townsend
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Massive Stars ◽  
Solid Angle ◽  
Magnetic Confinement ◽  
Dipole Field ◽  
Hot Stars ◽  
Momentum Loss ◽  
Dipole Magnetic Field ◽  
Angular Momentum Loss ◽  
Compare And Contrast

AbstractWe examine the angular momentum loss and associated rotational spin-down for magnetic hot stars with a line-driven stellar wind and a rotation-aligned dipole magnetic field. Our analysis here is based on our previous 2-D numerical MHD simulation study that examines the interplay among wind, field, and rotation as a function of two dimensionless parameters, W(=Vrot/Vorb) and ‘wind magnetic confinement’, η∗ defined below. We compare and contrast the 2-D, time variable angular momentum loss of this dipole model of a hot-star wind with the classical 1-D steady-state analysis by Weber and Davis (WD), who used an idealized monopole field to model the angular momentum loss in the solar wind. Despite the differences, we find that the total angular momentum loss averaged over both solid angle and time follows closely the general WD scaling ~ ṀΩR2A. The key distinction is that for a dipole field Alfvèn radius RA is significantly smaller than for the monopole field WD used in their analyses. This leads to a slower stellar spin-down for the dipole field with typical spin-down times of order 1 Myr for several known magnetic massive stars.

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