Simulating a stellar contact binary merger โ I. Stellar models
Simulating a stellar contact binary merger โ I. Stellar models
We study the initial conditions of a common envelope (CE) event resulting in a stellar merger. A merger's dynamics could be understood through its light curve, but no synthetic light curve has yet been created for the full evolution. Using the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) code StarSmasher, we have created โฆ