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Paper: Hydrodynamics of Mass Transfer in Binary Star Systems
Volume: 497, Why Galaxies Care about AGB Stars III: A Closer Look in Space and Time
Page: 225
Authors: Toupin, S.; Braun, K.; Siess, L.; Jorissen, A.; Price, D.
Abstract: No analytic formulation is currently available to correctly treat the exchange of mass and angular momentum between an AGB star and its low-mass main-sequence companion. The goal of our research is to derive prescriptions for the rates of mass and angular-momentum transfer by wind in long-period binary systems, based on 3D SPH simulations. In this poster, we present the first steps towards a consistent modeling of such mass transfer. Special attention is paid to the physics of mass loss by the giant star. One of the major achievements of our approach is the ability to fully reproduce, for the first time in 3D, the standard dust-driven wind model developed by Bowen.
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