Episodic mass ejections from common-envelope objects

After the initial fast spiral-in phase experienced by a common-envelope binary, the system mayenter a slow, self-regulated phase, possibly lasting hundreds of years, in which all the energy released by orbital decay can be efficiently transported to the surface, where it is radiated away.If the rema...

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Main Authors: Clayton, M, Podsiadlowski, P, Ivanova, N, Justham, S
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2017