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The relation between helium white dwarf mass and orbital period under two types of opacity


Abstract Helium white dwarfs (He WDs) are end products of low-mass red giant donors in close binary systems via stable mass transfer or common envelope evolution. At the end of stable mass transfer, there is a well-known relation between the He WD mass and orbital period.

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