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Close Binary Stellar Evolution and Supernovae

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Types II, IIb, Ib, and Ic supernovae are widely considered as the end of the evolution of massive stars. These are thought as due to a unique mechanism: core collapse and subsequent explosion. However, from a photometrical and spectroscopical point of view, these events are very different. Type II events are plenty of hydrogen, IIb have little, whereas Ib do not show it but are dominated by helium. Even more extreme is the case of Ic events that do not show any hydrogen or helium. Today it is considered that most of massive stars belong to binary systems close enough to make the components of the pair to be forced to undergo mass exchange during their lives. Evidently, the evolution of massive binaries is fundamental for interpreting available observations quantitatively. Here we review the theory of the evolution of massive binaries playing special attention to its physical basis and main differences from the far easier problem of single stellar evolution. Then, we discuss its application to the case of some recent supernovae (SNe) thought to be due to binary progenitors: SN 1993J and SN 2011dh. With the presently available models, it is possible to account for the variety of types II, IIb, and even Ib supernovae as due to mass transfer and/or loss from the systems. However, it seems difficult to explain the processes that lead type Ic progenitors to lose all their helium prior to explosion.

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Acknowledgements

O.G.B. wants to thank Professor Ken’ichi Nomoto for very motivating collaboration on the topic of this article and for calling his attention to the problem of rotation in stellar evolution.

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  1. Institute of Astrophysics of La Plata (IALP), CCT-CONICET-UNLP, Paseo del Bosque S/N, B1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina

    Omar G. Benvenuto & Melina C. Bersten

  2. Faculty of Astronomical Sciences and Geophysical, National University of La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900, La Plata (Bs As), Argentina

    Omar G. Benvenuto & Melina C. Bersten

  3. Member of the Carrera del Investigador Científico de la Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC), La Plata (Bs As), Argentina

    Omar G. Benvenuto

  4. Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, 277-8583, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

    Melina C. Bersten

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Benvenuto, O.G., Bersten, M.C. (2017). Close Binary Stellar Evolution and Supernovae. In: Alsabti, A., Murdin, P. (eds) Handbook of Supernovae. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20794-0_124-1

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