2014/07/11 by M. Zorotovic, M. R. Schreiber, E. García-Berro +8 · 3 citations
Chemistry · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Binary number #Chemistry #Common envelope #Energy (signal processing) #Envelope (radar) #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Mass ratio #Mathematics #Monte Carlo method #Orbital period #Physics #Population #Quantum mechanics #Recombination #Stars #Statistics #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #White dwarf #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201323039
published as A&A 568, A68 (2014) · 11 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
arxiv created 2014/07/11 · openalex publication_date 2014/07/15 · arxiv updated 2014/09/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
Context. Detached white dwarf + main sequence (WD+MS) post-common-envelope binaries (PCEBs) are perhaps the most suitable objects for testing predictions of close-compact binary-star evolution theories, in particular, common-envelope (CE) evolution. Consequently, the population of WD+MS PCEBs has been simulated by several authors in the past and the predictions have been compared with the observations. However, most of those theoretical predictions did not take into account the possible contributions to the envelope ejection from additional sources of energy (mostly recombination energy) stored in the envelope.