Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Nov 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990a%26a...238..116r&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 238, no. 1-2, Nov. 1990, p. 116-133.
Statistics
Computation
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Computational Astrophysics, Hydrodynamic Equations, Main Sequence Stars, Three Dimensional Models, White Dwarf Stars, Angular Momentum, Collisions, Fast Fourier Transformations, Finite Difference Theory, Shock Heating, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Mass
Scientific paper
A finite difference code based on the piecewise parabolic method is used here to study off-center collisions between an 0.5 solar mass main-sequence star (MSS) modeled by a polytrope index of 1.5 and an 0.5 solar mass white dwarf (WD) modeled by a point-mass potential. At small impact parameters, the MSS is totally disrupted, its matter eventually settling around the WD, while for large impact parameters the MSS is only slightly elongated. The amount of mass becoming unbound due to the collision is estimated to be roughly 15 percent. The expansion of the shock-heated gas is spherically symmetric. The maximum temperatures reached during the collision are so low that the nuclear energy production is negligible.
Mueller Ewald
Ruffert Max
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