The Formation of Hydrogen Deficient Stars through Common Envelope Evolution

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We present preliminary results from Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations of common envelope evolution. We qualitatively compare the interaction between a 0.9M red giant with two different companion masses: a 0.05M brown dwarf and a 0.25M white dwarf companion.

The Formation of Hydrogen Deficient Stars through Common Envelope Evolution

astro-ph

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Steven Diehl, Chris Fryer, Falk Herwig

/ Abstract

We present preliminary results from Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations of common envelope evolution. We qualitatively compare the interaction between a 0.9M red giant with two different companion masses: a 0.05M brown dwarf and a 0.25M white dwarf companion.