[Mesa-users] Workshop on stable binary mass transfer @ Flatiron Institute March 11-13th

[Jared Goldberg]

Dear MESA-users list,

We would like to draw your attention to this workshop on stable mass
transfer in binaries that will be held at the Flatiron Institute's Center
for Computational Astrophysics this March.

Please do circulate this message to any potentially interested colleagues!

*What: *Workshop stable mass transfer in binaries:  from onset to remnants
*When:* 11-13th of March 2024
*How*: if you interested in participating, please fill the google form by
Jan 30th
*Workshop website*: https://events.simonsfoundation.org/d/g1q9gz/Please
fill out the *registration form* to apply:
https://forms.gle/aygggBRAYxcnPAvF8

*Workshop rationale*
Binary interactions shape the evolution, explosion, and afterlife of stars.
The most common form of interaction is dynamically stable mass-transfer.
The outcome of this mass-transfer-phase is crucial to understanding the
rate of most transient events (from stellar mergers, to stripped envelope
SNe and GW mergers), the kinematics of binary products (walkaway/runaways),
and the formation rate of objects like He stars, white dwarfs, neutron
stars and black holes.Although much recent attention has been given to
common envelope evolution, many uncertainties remain in the theoretical
modeling of stable RLOF, making predictions about this phase challenging
from start to finish.
Current models, whether in rapid binary population synthesis or detailed
stellar structure codes, rely on simple analytic parametrization to address
the aforementioned uncertainties.We are organizing a workshop to address
the current state-of -the-art of stable mass-transfer from start to finish,
including I) the *onset and stability of mass transfer,* II) *observables
signatures during the mass transfer*, and  III)* post-stable mass transfer
configurations.* This workshop will bring together a community of
theoretical modelers and experts on astronomical transient surveys/data
scientists in order to discuss the necessary progress in the treatment of
stable mass transfer.

Sincerely,
~ Lieke van Son, Mathieu Renzo, Jared Goldberg
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