Common envelope evolution: Where we stand and how we can move forward

Astronomy and Astrophysics Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ivanova, N ^a   Justham, S ^b,c   Chen, X ^b,d   De Marco, O ^e   Fryer, C L ^f   Gaburov, E ^g   Ge, H ^b,d   Glebbeek, E ^h,i   Han, Z ^b,d   Li, X D ^j   Lu, G ^k,l   Marsh, T ^m   Podsiadlowski, P ⁿ   Potter, A ^o   Soker, N ^p   Taam, R ^g,q   Tauris, T M ^r,s   Van Den Heuvel, E P J ^t   Webbink, R F ^u  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^j NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^k Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^l XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^p TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^q INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^r UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^s MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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Author keywords

Close binaries; Hydrodynamics; Stellar structure, interiors, evolution

Indexed keywords

CLOSE BINARIES; COMPUTATIONAL HYDRODYNAMICS; ENERGY SOURCES AND SINKS; HYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; POPULATION SYNTHESIS; STELLAR STRUCTURE;

ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 84874163432     PISSN: 09354956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00159-013-0059-2     Document Type: Review

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