When material expanding away from a star in a binary system reaches the Roche surface
A) the material will start to fall back toward the star.
B) all of the material will accrete onto the companion.
C) the material is no longer gravitationally bound to the star.
D) the material will increase in temperature and eventually undergo thermonuclear fusion.
E) c and d
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