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A Complete Survey of Case A Binary Evolution with Comparison to Observed Algol-type Systems

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,,Citation C. A. Nelson and P. P. Eggleton 2001ApJ552 664DOI 10.1086/320560

C. A. Nelson

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720

P. P. Eggleton

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

On leave from the Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK

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  1. Received2000 September 15
  2. Accepted2000 December 15
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0004-637X/552/2/664

Abstract

We undertake a comparison of observed Algol-type binaries with a library of computed Case A binary evolution tracks. The library consists of 5500 binary tracks with various values of initial primary massM10, mass ratioq0, and periodP0, designed to sample the phase-space of Case A binaries in the range -0.10 ≤ logM10 ≤ 1.7. Each binary is evolved using a standard code with the assumption that both total mass and orbital angular momentum are conserved. This code follows the evolution of both stars to the point where contact or reverse mass transfer occurs. The resulting binary tracks show a rich variety of behavior that we sort into several subclasses of case A and case B. We present the results of this classification, the final mass ratio, and the fraction of time spent in Roche Lobe overflow for each binary system. The conservative assumption under which we created this library is expected to hold for a broad range of binaries, where both components have spectra in the range G0 to B1 and luminosity classes III to V. We gather a list of relatively well-determined, observed hot Algol-type binaries meeting this criterion, as well as a list of cooler Algol-type binaries, for which we expect significant dynamo-driven mass loss and angular momentum loss. We fit each observed binary to our library of tracks using a χ2-minimizing procedure. We find that the hot Algols display overall acceptable χ2, confirming the conservative assumption, while the cool Algols show much less acceptable χ2, suggesting the need for more free parameters, such as mass and angular momentum loss.

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