Abstrakt
Binary mass transfer (BMT) is a common phenomenon in stellar astrophysics. It is responsible for two main formation channels of compact binaries.
Namely, common envelope evolution and formation through stable BMT. Compact binaries include progenitors of gravitational wave sources detected by LIGO.
By finding new ways of looking at the BMT we can constrain the formation rates of compact binaries. I will introduce new model of BMT.
The new model predicts mass transfer rates which may differ by a factor of 2 compared to the standard models. This has implications for binary stability.