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most citedSimulating the Common Envelope Phase of a Red Giant Using SPH and Uniform Grid Codes

212 citations · 1.1k across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

cs.CV2023★ 3 cited

DECO: Dense Estimation of 3D Human-Scene Contact In The Wild

Shashank Tripathi, Agniv Chatterjee, Jean-Claude Passy +3

Understanding how humans use physical contact to interact with the world is key to enabling human-centric artificial intelligence. While inferring 3D contact is crucial for modelin…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 15 cited

The chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood for planet-hosting stars

Marco Pignatari, Thomas C. L. Trueman, Kate A. Womack +13

Theoretical physical-chemical models for the formation of planetary systems depend on data quality for the Sun's composition, that of stars in the solar neighbourhood, and of the e…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 51 cited

The effect of binding energy and resolution in simulations of the common envelope binary interaction

Roberto Iaconi, Orsola De Marco, Jean-Claude Passy +1

The common envelope binary interaction remains one of the least understood phases in the evolution of compact binaries, including those that result in Type Ia supernovae and in mer…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 24 cited

Common envelope light-curves - I. grid-code module calibration

Pablo Galaviz, Orsola De Marco, Jean-Claude Passy +2

The common envelope binary interaction occurs when a star transfers mass onto a companion that cannot fully accrete it. The interaction can lead to a merger of the two objects or t…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 111 cited

The effect of a wider initial separation on common envelope binary interaction simulations

Roberto Iaconi, Thomas Reichardt, Jan Staff +5

We present hydrodynamic simulations of the common envelope binary interaction between a giant star and a compact companion carried out with the adaptive mesh refinement code ENZO a…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 102 cited

Hydrodynamic Simulations of the Interaction between Giant Stars and Planets

Jan E. Staff, Orsola De Marco, Peter Wood +2

We present the results of hydrodynamic simulations of the interaction between a 10 Jupiter mass planet and a red or asymptotic giant branch stars, both with a zero-age main sequenc…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 71 cited

Hydrodynamic Simulations of the Interaction between an AGB Star and a Main Sequence Companion in Eccentric Orbits

Jan E. Staff, Orsola De Marco, Daniel Macdonald +4

The Rotten Egg Nebula has at its core a binary composed of a Mira star and an A-type companion at a separation >10 au. It has been hypothesized to have formed by strong binary inte…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 7 cited

An adaptive particle-mesh gravity solver for ENZO

Jean-Claude Passy, Greg L. Bryan

We describe and implement an adaptive particle-mesh algorithm to solve the Poisson equation for grid-based hydrodynamics codes with nested grids. The algorithm is implemented and e…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 79 cited

The binary fraction of planetary nebula central stars I. A high-precision, I-band excess search

Orsola De Marco, Jean-Claude Passy, D. J. Frew +2

In an attempt to determine how many planetary nebulae derive from binary interactions, we have started a project to measure their unbiased binary fraction. This number, when compar…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 44 cited

On the survival of brown dwarfs and planets engulfed by their giant host star

Jean-Claude Passy, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Orsola De Marco

The recent discovery of two Earth-mass planets in close orbits around an evolved star has raised questions as to whether substellar companions can survive encounters with their hos…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 40 cited

The Response of Giant Stars To Dynamical-Timescale Mass Loss

Jean-Claude Passy, Falk Herwig, Bill Paxton

We study the response of giant stars to mass loss. One-dimensional simulations of red and asymptotic giant branch stars with mass loss rates from up to a few \msun/yr sho…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 133 cited

A Well-Posed Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability Test and Comparison

Colin P. McNally, Wladimir Lyra, Jean-Claude Passy

Recently, there has been a significant level of discussion of the correct treatment of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in the astrophysical community. This discussion relies largely o…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 2 cited

Estimating the binary fraction of planetary nebulae central stars

D. Douchin, O. De Marco, D. J. Frew +10

During the past 20 years, the idea that non-spherical planetary nebulae (PN) may need a binary or planetary interaction to be shaped was discussed by various authors. It is now gen…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 212 cited

Simulating the Common Envelope Phase of a Red Giant Using SPH and Uniform Grid Codes

Jean-Claude Passy, Orsola De Marco, Chris L. Fryer +6

We use three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations to study the rapid infall phase of the common envelope interaction of a red giant branch star of mass equal to 0.88 \msun and a…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 202 cited

On the alpha formalism for the common envelope interaction

Orsola De Marco, Jean-Claude Passy, Maxwell Moe +3

The α-formalism is a common way to parametrize the common envelope interaction between a giant star and a more compact companion. The α parameter describes the fraction of orbital…