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Fig. 18.

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Properties after CE evolution for the case of donor stars with a radiative envelope, with artificially high values of αCE = 10, 20 in order to allow for a successful CE ejection. Simulations correspond to binary systems composed of a star with a ZAMS mass of 30 M and a BH companion of 3 M, with periods ranging from 101 days to 103 days. Results are shown as a function of the radius of the star when it fills its Roche lobe. Top panel: central helium mass fraction Yc at the onset of CE, showing RLOF before and after the end of the HG as a large drop in Yc. Second panel: surface hydrogen mass fraction after envelope ejection. Third panel: stellar mass after envelope ejection, also showing the mass of the helium core defined as the innermost mass coordinate with Y > 0.01. Bottom panel: binding energy of the ejected envelope, as well as the binding energy that would be predicted by the Claeys et al. (2014) and Xu & Li (2010) fits, and the one corresponding to λ = 1.

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