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Example of a binary with Md = 0.5 M, Ma = 0.8 M, and Pi = 0.84 hours, where a thermonuclear explosion occurs in the WD (accretor). The background colors yellow, blue, and green represent the gravitational-wave inspiral phase (GW-inspiral), H mass transfer phase (H-MT), and He mass transfer phase (He-MT), respectively. Panels (a) through (f) show the evolution of various parameters: (a) Mass Evolution: Ma (accretor) and Md (donor); (b) Orbital Period Evolution; (c) Radius Evolution: Rd (donor’s radius) and Rroche, d (Roche radius of the donor); (d) mass transfer rate; (e) Evolution of surface mass fraction: XH (hydrogen) and XHe (helium) in the donor; (f) He Mass on the Accretor; (g) Luminosity Evolution: La (accretor), Ld (donor), and Laccretion (accretion). The accretor gains mass at the rate of ∼10−8 M yr−1, resulting in the He ignition in the He layers denser than the assumed critical density for detonation (> 106 g cm−3).

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