Critically-rotating accretors and non-conservative evolution in Algols
Critically-rotating accretors and non-conservative evolution in Algols
During the mass-transfer phase in Algol systems, a large amount of mass and angular momentum are accreted by the gainer star which can be accelerated up to its critical Keplerian velocity. The fate of the gainer once it reaches this critical value is unclear. We investigate the orbital and stellar …