LIMBS

Detailed Modelling of Low- and Intermediate-Mass Binary Stars

Coordinatore	UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES    more  Organization address address: Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50 city: BRUXELLES postcode: 1050 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Beata Cognome: Bibrowska Email: send email Telefono: 3226504288 Fax: 3226502321
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Belgium [BE]
Totale costo	147˙989 €
EC contributo	147˙989 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-1-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-07-01   -   2010-06-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES  Organization address address: Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50 city: BRUXELLES postcode: 1050 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Beata Cognome: Bibrowska Email: send email Telefono: 3226504288 Fax: 3226502321	BE (BRUXELLES)	coordinator	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The study of binary stars is critical to all branches of astronomy. Binary stars allow a precise determination of stellar masses and provide the unique evolutionary path leading to type Ia supernovae, novae, X-ray bursts and possibly even gamma-ray bursts. However, systematic models of the various physical processes involved during the evolution of interacting low- and intermediate-mass wide binaries are lacking and suffer theoretical uncertainties associated with mass transfer, chemical mixing and orbital evolution. This becomes obvious upon examination of state of the art models of chemically peculiar low-mass stars such as the barium stars: the eccentricities and periods of the models are completely at odds with the observations. This project focuses exclusively on low- and intermediate-mass stars in wide orbits for which few investigations have been made. I plan to address some of the above issues by converting the STAREVOL single-star evolution code of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (IAA-ULB, Brussels) into a binary-star code by incorporating the latest physical prescriptions for orbital evolution, mass transfer and chemical mixing due to tides and thermohaline mixing. The evolution of the two stars will be followed simultaneously and updates will be made to the nuclear network to follow quantitatively the slow neutron capture process in binary systems. My models will then be confronted with observed s-rich stars such as the barium and CH stars. This self-consistent approach will provide a better understanding of the physical processes affecting the orbital and chemical properties of low- and intermediate-mass wide binary stars. The developments made for this project will open new areas of research to me, including possible future investigations of the progenitors of type Ia supernovae or gamma-ray bursts, studies of nuclear astrophysics and the connection between pulsation and mass transfer.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

An improved understanding of the physics at work in binary stars is essential for answering many questions in modern-day astrophysics. One of the obstacles lies in still having only very basic knowledge of binary star physics.