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astro-ph2007
The Formation of Hydrogen Deficient Stars through Common Envelope Evolution
Steven Diehl, Chris Fryer, Falk Herwig
We present preliminary results from Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations of common envelope evolution. We qualitatively compare the interaction between a 0.9M red giant…
astro-ph2007
Black Hole Accretion in Low States: Electron Heating
Siming Liu, Christopher L. Fryer, Hui Li
Plasmas in an accretion flow are heated by MHD turbulence generated through the magneto-rotational instability. The viscous stress driving the accretion is intimately connected to…