Common envelope evolution /
| Main Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) :
IOP Publishing,
[2020]
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| Series: | IOP (Series). Release 21.
AAS-IOP astronomy. 2021 collection. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Abstract: | 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. Modeling common envelope evolution is a challenging problem, and this important process has typically been described in evolutionary models using very approximate treatments. This book explains the physics of common envelope evolution and relates it to the approximations that are frequently used for modeling the onset, progression, and outcome of common envelope phases. |
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| Item Description: | "Version: 20201201"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). Also available in printing. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader. |
| Audience: | Graduate students, postdocs and senior researchers who are actively getting involved in the field. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780750315630 9780750315623 |
| ISSN: | 2514-3433 |