Time evolution of several binary properties during the life time of the CB disk. Four different events are indicated on the x-axes. a: ė_disk>ė_tidal, b: ė_ml>ė_tidal, c: ė_ml<ė_tidal and d: ė_disk<ė_tidal. The time scale differs between the phases, but is linear within each phase. The duration of each phase is shown under the figure. Panel A) the mass in the CB disk as a percentage of the maximum CB disk mass (0.01 M_⊙). Panel B) the change in angular momentum due to mass loss (red dashed line) and the CB disk – binary interaction (green dashed dotted line). Panel C) the tidal forces (blue full line), eccentricity pumping due to mass loss (red dashed line) and eccentricity pumping through CB disk – binary interactions (green dashed dotted line). Panel D) the eccentricity. Panel E) the orbital period. See Sect. 7 for discussion.