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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 31.
Published in final edited form as: Astrophys J. 2016 Nov 30;832(2):183. doi: 10.3847/0004-637X/832/2/183

Table 3.

BSE Output Evolution Stages

Evolutionary Stage Label Description
INITIAL Initial configuration
KW CHNGE Stellar type change
BEG RCHE Begin Roche lobe overflow
END RCHE End Roche lobe overflow
CONTACT Contact system
COELESCE Coalescence of stars
COMENV Common-envelope system
GNTAGE New giant star from CE; appropriate age and initial mass set to match core mass and stellar mass
NO REMNT No remnant
MAX TIME Max evolutionary time reached; end of program
DISRUPT System is disrupted
BEG SYMB Begin symbiotic system
END SYMB End symbiotic system
BEG BSS Begin blue stragglers