A Comparison of Grid-based and SPH Binary Mass-transfer and Merger Simulations
A Comparison of Grid-based and SPH Binary Mass-transfer and Merger Simulations
Abstract There is currently a great amount of interest in the outcomes and astrophysical implications of mergers of double degenerate binaries. In a commonly adopted approximation, the components of such binaries are represented by polytropes with an index of n = 3/2. We present detailed comparisons of stellar mass-transfer and …