When material expanding away from a star in a binary system leaves a star's Roche lobe,
A) the material will start to fall back toward the star.
B) all of the material will accrete on to the companion.
C) the material is no longer gravitationally bound to that star.
D) the material will increase in temperature an eventually undergo thermonuclear fusion.
E) c and d.
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