Tue December 02 2025
POPCORN: Case A, B or C?
Explanation of the figures
The plots are shown in the case of conservative mass transfer. The different cases of mass transfer (for the primary star) are highlighted.
Data
Red = All systems
Green = Case A (no distinction made between A and AB)
Blue = Case Br
Pink = Case Bc
Light blue = Case C
Yellow = Case BrB
Black = Case BcB
Orange = Case CB
Comment1: Second B means: The primary fills Roche lobe again as a He-star. (Therefore CB: first case C (when star on E-AGB and fills it again as a He-giant))
Comment2: When He-star fills the Roche lobe, no distinction is made if this is stable or not
♠ Conservative ♠
Unbinned data
Systems that form (minimum) 1 WD
Systems that form 2 WDs
⇒ Percentages of the different groups
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