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Monte Carlo simulations of the binary white dwarf population: A progress report

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, , Citation J Camacho et al 2009 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 172 012030 DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/172/1/012030

1742-6596/172/1/012030

Abstract

We present a detailed Monte Carlo simulator of the population of binary stars within the solar neighborhood. We have used the most updated models for stellar evolution, a complete treatment of the Roche lobe overflow episodes, as well as a full implementation of the orbital evolution. Special emphasis has been placed on processes leading to the formation of binary systems in which one of the members is a white dwarf.

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10.1088/1742-6596/172/1/012030