Binary mass transfer is dynamically stable when the donor's radius decreases relative to its Roche-lobe radius after a small mass loss, reducing overflow instead of amplifying it.
A common-envelope phase occurs when unstable binary interaction engulfs both stellar cores in one envelope. Orbital energy and angular momentum may eject the envelope, leaving a compact binary, or the cores may merge.
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