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A comprehensive population synthesis study of post-common envelope binaries
P. J. Davis, U. Kolb, B. Willems
We apply population synthesis techniques to calculate the present day population of post-common envelope binaries (PCEBs) for a range of theoretical models describing the common en…
Eclipsing binaries in extrasolar planet transit surveys: the case of SuperWASP
B. Willems, U. Kolb, S. Justham
Using a comprehensive binary population synthesis scheme, we investigate the statistical properties of a sample of eclipsing binaries that is detectable by an idealised extrasolar…
Detached white dwarf main-sequence star binaries
B. Willems, U. Kolb
We considered the formation of detached white dwarf main-sequence star (WDMS) binaries through seven evolutionary channels subdivided according to the evolutionary process that giv…
Excitation of oscillation modes by tides in close binaries: constraints on stellar and orbital parameters
B. Willems
The parameter space favourable for the resonant excitation of free oscillation modes by dynamic tides in close binary components is explored using qualitative considerations to est…
On the detection of pre-low-mass X-ray binaries
B. Willems, U. Kolb
We explore the population of candidate pre-low-mass X-ray binaries in which a neutron star accretes mass from the wind of a low-mass companion (mass < 2Msun) in the framework of a…
The effect of stellar compressibility and non-resonant dynamic tides on the apsidal-motion rate in close binaries
B. Willems, A. Claret
The paper is devoted to the analysis of the systematic deviations between the classical formula for the rate of secular apsidal motion in close binaries and the formula established…