Fig. 8.
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Evolution of the binary masses, radii, and orbital separation between the onset of mass transfer and the common-envelope phase. The mass transfer is dynamically unstable (runaway) because the donor overfills its Roche lobe more and more. Such mass transfer will lead to a common envelope phase and is likely to result in a merger.
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