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.
Key Features
| ISBN: | 9780750315616 |
| Publication date: | 1st December 2020 |
| Author: | Natalia Ivanova, Stephen Justham, Paul Ricker |
| Publisher: | IOP Publishing an imprint of Institute of Physics Publishing |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 150 pages |
| Series: | AAS-IOP Astronomy |
| Genres: |
Galaxies and stars |
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.
Key Features
Common Envelope Evolution features in the following genres: Galaxies and stars
Common Envelope Evolution is available in Hardback
Common Envelope Evolution was written by Natalia Ivanova, Stephen Justham, Paul Ricker and published by IOP Publishing an imprint of Institute of Physics Publishing
Common Envelope Evolution has 150 pages
Yes it is part of AAS-IOP Astronomy series