2 papers
astro-ph.SR2026
One's loss is (not) another's gain: Isotropic re-emission destabilizes mass transfer from radiative donor stars
K. D. Temmink, S. Justham, O. R. Pols
Non-conservative mass transfer plays a central role in close-binary evolution, yet its effects on mass-transfer stability are uncertain. One widely adopted prescription, isotropic…
astro-ph.SR2025
Good things come to those who wait: Watching donor stars evolve towards a mass-transfer instability
Karel D. Temmink, Onno R. Pols, Stephen Justham +1
Unstable mass transfer in binary systems can lead to transients such as luminous red novae (LRNe). Observations of such transients are valuable for understanding and testing models…