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Interacting Binary Stars as Progenitors for Interacting Supernovae

  • Authors: Sung-Han Tsai, Ke-Jung Chen, Keiichi Maeda, Po-Sheng Ou, Friedrich K. Röpke

Sung-Han Tsai et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 .

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Caption: Figure 5.

Same as Figure 2, but for a mass ratio of q2 = 0.6. Compared to the q2 = 0.9 case, the overall distribution of mass transfer types remains similar, with Case C transfer still confined to M1 ≲ 20 M. These results indicate that the overall landscape of mass transfer is relatively insensitive to the mass ratio. The main difference is that a smaller q2 reduces the overall fraction of interacting binaries while promoting unstable mass transfer and increasing the fraction of CEE.

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