Wind-driven Roche-lobe overflow
ID: wind-driven-roche-lobe-overflow
A fast escaping Jeans-mode mass loss wind can drive a giant into Roche-lobe overflow because its radius changes as it loses mass, even though the wind itself is not substantially captured. This differs from slow Wind Roche-lobe overflow. For and , wind alone gives , where and is the escaping wind rate. The displayed inequality is exactly the condition that overfill increases.
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