A binary simulation

There is a 1 solar mass AGB and a 0.5 solar mass secondary with 3 AU separation in the simulation. In this simulation, we include physics such as cooling, central luminosity, dust formation zone (LTE condition) and pulsating AGB star. The luminosity of the AGB star is 3500 solar luminosity.

The contour lines still have the meaning as before.

In this simulation, a gravitationally bound circumbinary disk appear and disappear from time to time. The pulsating AGB star extends its atmosphere periodically.

I think the most important parameters include:

  1. luminosity/mass
  1. binary mass ratio
  1. separation

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