Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2009
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #432.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.299
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We present evolutions of mass transfer in double white dwarf binaries with several different initial mass ratios. The systems have all been evolved in two limiting cases. In the polytropic evolutions, we in essence assume that the irreversible gain in entropy at the accretion shock is radiated away. In the second regime, the fluid is treated as an ideal gas and retains all of the thermal energy gained at the accretion shock. The later case is obviously more favorable to forming a common envelope about both the donor and accretor. In reality, at least some of the energy can escape and thus the ideal gas case will probably over-emphasize the tendency to form a common envelope. The simulations evolve an ideal fluid with an Eulerian hydrodynamics code. We simultaneously solve Poisson's equation for the gravitational potential. In this poster, we report on the thermal structure of the accreted material and also on the potentially interesting loss of mass and angular momentum from the binary system.
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