PopCORN: Hunting down the differences between binary population synthesis codes

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2014

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Toonen, S.
Claeys, J. S. W.
Mennekens, N.
Ruiter, Ashley

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Springer

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Binary population synthesis (BPS) modelling is a very effective tool to study the evolution and properties of various types of close binary systems. The uncertainty in the parameters of the model and their effect on a population can be tested in a statistical way, which then leads to a deeper understanding of the underlying (sometimes poorly understood) physical processes involved. Several BPS codes exist that have been developed with different philosophies and aims. Although BPS has been very successful for studies of many populations of binary stars, in the particular case of the study of the progenitors of supernovae Type Ia, the predicted rates and ZAMS progenitors vary substantially between different BPS codes.

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Astronomy and Astrophysics

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