Figure 5

Figure 5: Mass ejected by a decaying binary, in units of m12 = m1 + m2 (solid lines) or m2 (dashed lines), calculated by an integration of Equation (24View Equation), with the coefficient J(a) taken from [177]. Curves show mass that must be ejected in order for the binary to reach a separation where the emission of gravitational radiation causes coalescence on a time scale of 1010yr (lower), 109yr (middle) and 8 10 yr (upper).