EVOLUTION OF COMPACT BINARIES

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1 EVOLUTION OF COMPACT BINARIES Proceedings of a workshop held at Hotel San Martin, Vina del Mar, Chile 6-11 May 2011 Edited by Linda Schmidtobreick European Southern Observatory, Vitacura, Santiago de Chile, Chile Matthias R. Schreiber Departamento de Fisica y Astronomia, Universidad de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile Claus Tappert Departamento de Fisica y Astronomia, Universidad de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile

2 Contents Preface L. Schmidtobreick Participants Conference Photograph ix xi xiv Part I. Introduction to Compact Binaries The Evolution of Cataclysmic Variables 3 C. Knigge LMXBs: An Overview 19 f! Charles Nature, Formation, and Evolution of High Mass X-Ray Binaries 29 S. Chaty Part II. Close Binary Formation The Formation of Close Binaries 47 K. M. Kratter Formation of Compact Binaries in Destabilised Evolved Triples 61 H. B. Perets and K. M. Kratter Most High-Mass Stars are Born as Twins 67 R. Chini, A. Nasseri, V. H. Hoffmeister, L.-S. Buda, and A. Ban- Multiplicity of Southern B Stars: Preliminary Results 73 V. H. Hoffmeister, A. Nasseri, and R. Chini An Investigation on Close Binaries in the Sco-Cen Complex 75 C. Nitschelm and M. David How Did Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars Form? 81 C. Abate, O. R. Pols, R. G. Izzard, S. Mohamed, and S. E. de Mink The j^-muscae Multiple System 87 C. Nitschelm, H. Hensberge, N. R. Landin, V. Bak, and M. David

3 vi Contents Part III. The Common Envelope Physics Common Envelope: The Progress and the Pitfalls 91 JV. Ivanova Simulations of the Common Envelope Interaction Between a Red Giant Branch Star and Low-Mass Companions 107 J.-C. Passy, O. De Marco, C. L. Fryer, F. Herwig, S. Diehl, J. S. Oishi, M.-M. Mac Low, G. L. Bryan, and G. Rockefeller Post-Common-Envelope Binaries from SDSS: Constraining the Common-Envelope Efficiency 113 M. Zorotovic, M. R. Schreiber, and B. T. Gansicke Is the Common Envelope Ejection Efficiency a Function of the Binary Parameters? 115 P. J. Davis, U. Kolb, and C. Knigge The Effect of Common Envelope Evolution on the Formation of High Mass X- Ray Binaries 121 T. Linden, V. Kalogera, J. Sepinsky, A. Prestwich, A. Zezas, and J. Gallagher On The Formation of Double White Dwarfs: Reevaluating How We Parametrise the Common Envelope Phase 127 T. E. Woods,, AT. Ivanova, M. van der Sluys, and S. Chaichenets Astrometric Search for Wide Compact Binaries 133 C. Conrad, R.-D. Scholz, A. D. Schwope, and O. Schnurr Part IV. The Post Common Envelope Phase Magnetic Braking in Convective Stars 143 G.A.J. Hussain When Asymmetric Cosmic Bubbles Betray a Difficult Marriage: the Study of Binary Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae 159 H. M. J. Boffin andb. Miszalski Spatio-Kinematic Modelling: Testing the Link Between Planetary Nebulae and Close Binaries 165 D. Jones, A. Tyndall, L. Huckvale, B. Prouse, and M. Lloyd Hot Subdwarf Stars as Tracers of Binary Stellar Evolution 171 R. H. 0stensen and H. Van Winckel The SDSS White Dwarf-M Star Library 177 R. Heller, A. D. Schwope, and R. H. 0stensen The Primary Mass Distribution of PCEBs 183 A. Rebassa-Mansergas,M. R. Schreiber, B. T. Gansicke, A. Nebot Gdmez-Moran, and J. Girven The Orbital Period Distribution of Post Common Envelope Binaries 187 A. Nebot Gdmez-Moran, B. T. Gansicke, M. R. Schreiber, and A. D. Schwope

4 Contents vii Population Synthesis of Post-Common Envelope White Dwarf-Main Sequence Binaries in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey 193 S. Torres, J. Camacho, A. Rebassa-Mansergas, M. Zowtovic, M. R. Schreiber, and E. Garcia-Berro Emission Line Profiles in Post-Common-Envelope Binaries 195 C. Tappert, B. T. Gansicke, A. Rebassa-Mansergas, L. Schmidtobreick, and M. R. Schreiber Is there any Extrasolar Planet in the Triple Pre-Cataclysmic System V471 Tau?. 197 L. Hric and E. Kundra Part V. The Contact Phase Faint CVs in the SDSS Footprint 203 E. Breedt and B. T. Gansicke Moderate Resolution NIR Spectra and Modelling the Secondary Stars of Cataclysmic Variables 209 R. T. Hamilton and T. E. Harrison Old Novae: When New Becomes Old 215 A. Ederoclite, C. Tappert, L. Schmidtobreick, and N. Vogt DIRTY Novae: Modelling Dust Formation in Classical Novae 221 J. Bornak, T. E. Harrison, and K. D. Gordon A Classical Nova Explosion in a Binary System with B[e] Star 227 E. Filippova, M. Revnivtsev, and A. Lutovinov Multiwavelength Modelling the SED of Symbiotic X-Ray Binaries 233 A. Skopal Creation of Neutral Discs During Outbursts of Symbiotic Binaries 239 Z. Carikova and A. Skopal A PIONIER and Incisive Look at the Interacting Binary SS Lep 245 N. Blind, H. M. J. Boffin, J.-P. Berger, J.-P. Lebouquin, and A. Menmd Warping of Be Star Decretion Discs in X-Ray Binaries 251 R. G. Martin, J. E. Pringle, C. A. Tout, and S. H Lubow On the Dynamics of 4U ; Resonant Trapping and Tidal Dissipation Rate of the White Dwarf Secondary 257 S. Prodan and N. Murray Optical Spectroscopy of AU Mon 263 S. Bairia and R. E. Mennickent Distribution of High Mass X-Ray Binaries in the Milky Way 265 A. Coleiro and S. Chaty

5 viii Contents An Evolutionary Model for the Massive Black Hole X-Ray Binary M33 X F. Valsecchi, E. Glebbeek, W. M. Farr, T. Fragos, B. Willems, J. A. Orosz, J. Liu, and V. Kalogera The Effects of System Interactions to the Natural Evolution of U Gem within the Context of X-Ray Data Analysis 277 M. Aifan, O. Ayyildiz, C. Hamza, S. U. Karta), andm. T. Ozkan Natural Evolution of SS Cyg Based on an X-Ray Data Analysis at Very Short Periods 279 O. Ayyildiz, M. Altan, S. U. Kartal, C. Hamza, andm. T. Ozkan Part VI. Graveyard or Boom Five and a Half Roads to Form a Millisecond Pulsar 285 T. M. Tauris Type la Supemovae as Final Stage of Binary Evolution 303 F. K. Ropke, M. Fink, R Pakmor, M. Kromer, S. A. Sim, I. R. Seitenzahl, F. Ciaraldi-Schoohnann, and \V. Hillebrandt U Sco in the context of SN la progenitors 311 E. Mason Part VII. Instruments, Telescopes, and Tools Gravitational Waves from Compact Binaries 317 M. van der Sluys Compact Binaries at High Angular Resolution: The Potential of Long Baseline Interferometry 333 J.-P. Berger BINSTAR : A New Binary Stellar-Evolution Code 339 L. Siess, R. G. Izzard, P. J. Davis, and R. Deschamps Author Index, 345