Abstract
I review the process of mass transfer in a binary system through a stellar wind, with an emphasis on systems containing a red giant. I show how wind accretion in a binary system is different from the usually assumed Bondi–Hoyle approximation, first as far as the flow’s structure is concerned, but most importantly, also for the mass accretion and specific angular momentum loss. This has important implications on the evolution of the orbital parameters. I also discuss the impact of wind accretion, on the chemical pollution and change in spin of the accreting star. The last section deals with observations and covers systems that most likely went through wind mass transfer: barium and related stars, symbiotic stars and central stars of planetary nebulae (CSPN). The most recent observations of cool CSPN progenitors of barium stars, as well as of carbon-rich post-common envelope systems, are providing unique constraints on the mass transfer processes.
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The CRAP supposes that the typical mass loss, \(\dot{M}_{R}\), is tidally enhanced by the companion and Tout and Eggleton (1988) propose the following ad hoc formula:
$$\displaystyle{ \dot{M} =\dot{ M}_{R}\ \left \{1 + B \times \mathit{min}\left [\left ( \frac{R} {R_{L}}\right )^{6}, \frac{1} {2^{6}}\right ]\right \}, }$$(7.31)with B ≈ 104. It is important to note that the existence of many different kinds of binary systems seem to require the CRAP to work, with different values of B, however.
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It is a pleasure to thank my many collaborators over the years for exciting work on this topic: A. Acker, U. Anzer, N. Blind, J.-P. Berger, N. Cerf, R. L. M. Corradi, H. Fujiwara, I. Hachisu, H. Isaka, B. Jahanara, D. Jones, A. Jorissen, J.-B. Le Bouquin, T. Matsuda, B. Miszalski, M. Mitsumoto, T. Nagae, K. Oka, G. Paulus, E. Shima, T. Theuns, A. A. Tyndall, and L. Začs
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Boffin, H.M.J. (2015). Mass Transfer by Stellar Wind. In: Boffin, H., Carraro, G., Beccari, G. (eds) Ecology of Blue Straggler Stars. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 413. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44434-4_7
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