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astro-ph.SR2026

An Eccentric Massive Protobinary Assembled via a Core-merger Parabolic Encounter

Yao Wang, Yichen Zhang, Rubén Fedriani +14

Most massive stars form in binary systems, which profoundly influence their subsequent evolution. However, how such systems form remains poorly understood, with several competing s…

astro-ph.SR2026

Infrared-excess sources in VVV: candidate debris discs, SED characterization, and variability analysis

P. Esteves, R. K. Saito, C. Chavero +9

Debris disks around main-sequence stars provide important insights into planetary formation and evolution; however, identifying these systems in the Galactic plane, where high inte…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 1 cited

Exploring Polarized Millimeter Emission from Protoplanetary Disks with Irregular Dust Grains

Jesús Miguel Jáquez-Domínguez, Carlos Carrasco-González, Daniel Guirado +4

Polarization at millimeter wavelengths provides a powerful diagnostic of dust grain properties in protoplanetary disks. Standard models based on solid spherical grains often strugg…

astro-ph.SR2026

VLTI-GRAVITY measurements of cool evolved stars: II. Pulsation properties and mass-loss process of the Mira star R Car and the red supergiant VX Sgr

D. Jadlovský, M. Wittkowski, A. Chiavassa +9

The mass-loss process of red supergiant (RSG) and asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and its relation to variability are poorly constrained. We study two evolved stars, the Mira-t…

astro-ph.SR2026

Reconstruction of Cepheid Radial Velocity Curves from the shape of the V-band Light Curves

V. Hocdé, P. Moskalik, N. Nardetto +17

This paper aims to develop the first method to reconstruct the shape of the RV curves of short-period fundamental-mode Cepheids, based exclusively on their pulsation period and the…

astro-ph.SR2026

Does the solar oxygen abundance change over the solar cycle? An investigation into activity-induced variations of the O I infrared triplet

A. G. M. Pietrow, M. Baratella, I. V. Ilyin +2

The determination of the solar oxygen abundance remains a central problem in astrophysics, as its accuracy is limited not only by models but also by systematics. While many of thes…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 2 cited

Ultraviolet spectroscopy reveals a hot and luminous companion to the Be star+black hole candidate MWC 656

Johanna Müller-Horn, Varsha Ramachandran, Kareem El-Badry +11

The Galactic Be star binary MWC 656 was long considered the only known Be star+black hole (BH) system, making it a critical benchmark for models of massive binary evolution and for…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

X TrA through the eyes of MATISSE: More evidence of clumpy molecular layers around C-type asymptotic giant branch stars

V. Răstău, C. Paladini, J. Drevon +22

Aims. The goal of this study is to further the understanding of the wind formation mechanism in asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars through the analysis of the close environment (w…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

Circini: A massive hierarchical triple system with an eclipsing binary

J. Švrčková, P. Harmanec, R. Klement +6

Circini is known to be a massive multiple system containing a 3.9 d inner eclipsing binary in a slightly elliptical orbit exhibiting slow apsidal motion and a distant tertiary…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 4 cited

An axisymmetric shock breakout indicated by prompt polarized emission from the type II supernova 2024ggi

Yi Yang, Xudong Wen, Lifan Wang +18

The death of massive stars is triggered by an infall-induced bounce shock that disrupts the star. How such a shock is launched and propagates through the star is a decade-long puzz…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

A scaling relationship for non-thermal radio emission from ordered magnetospheres - II. Investigating the efficiency of relativistic electron production in magnetospheres of BA-type stars

P. Leto, S. Owocki, C. Trigilio +19

Magnetic BA stars host dipole-like magnetospheres. When detected as radio sources, their luminosities correlate with the magnetic field and rotation. Rotation is crucial because th…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 2 cited

SN 2016iog: A fast declining Type II-L supernova with an ultra-faint tail, persistently interacting with circumstellar material

Z. -H. Peng, S. Benetti, Y. -Z. Cai +26

We present optical photometric and spectroscopic observations of the rapidly declining Type IIL supernova (SN) 2016iog. SN 2016iog reached its peak 14 days after explosion,…

astro-ph.SR2025

Multi-band infrared imaging reveals dusty spiral arcs around the binary B[e] star 3 Puppis

M. Abello, J. Drevon, A. Meilland +24

3 Puppis is the brightest known B[e] star. Recent work classifies this A-type object as a supergiant, yet the impact of its binarity on the circumstellar environment (CE) remains h…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 22 cited

A high fraction of close massive binary stars at low metallicity

H. Sana, T. Shenar, J. Bodensteiner +74

At high metallicity, a majority of massive stars have at least one close stellar companion. The evolution of such binaries is subject to strong interaction processes, heavily impac…

astro-ph.SR2025

Hidden massive eclipsing binaries in red supergiant systems: The hierarchical triple system KQ Puppis and other candidates

D. Jadlovský, L. Molnár, A. Ercolino +26

The majority of massive stars are part of binary systems that may interact during their evolution. However, not many RSGs are known binaries, and only a few have constrained orbita…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 17 cited

Very Large Telescope Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS. II. From Quiescence to Glow: Dramatic Rise of Ni i Emission and Incipient CN Outgassing at Large Heliocentric Distances*

Rohan Rahatgaonkar, Juan Pablo Carvajal, Thomas H. Puzia +25

We report VLT spectroscopy of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025~N1) from to ~au using X-shooter (300--550\,nm, ) and UVES (opt…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

Apache Point Observatory follow-up of ACcelerating Candidate ExopLanet host Stars (APO ACCELS): Ages for 166 Accelerating Stars in the Northern Hemisphere

Anne E. Peck, Eric L. Nielsen, Robert J. De Rosa +14

Directly imaged substellar companions with well-constrained ages and masses serve as vital empirical benchmarks for planet formation and evolution models. Potential benchmark compa…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 3 cited

The VMC Survey -- LIV. Anomalous Cepheids in the Magellanic Clouds Period-Luminosity relations in the near-infrared bands

Teresa Sicignano, Vincenzo Ripepi, Marina Rejkuba +12

Anomalous Cepheids (ACs) are less studied metal-poor pulsating stars ([Fe/H]<-1.5) compared to Classical Cepheids (CCs) and RR Lyrae stars. They follow distinct Period-Luminosity (…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 9 cited

FAUST XXVI. The dust opacity spectral indices of protostellar envelopes bridge the gap between interstellar medium and disks

Luca Cacciapuoti, L. Testi, A. J. Maury +36

The sub-millimetre dust opacity spectral index is a critical observable to constrain dust properties, such as the maximum grain size of an observed dust population. It has been wid…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 9 cited

A binary-related origin mediated by environmental conditions for blue straggler stars

Francesco R. Ferraro, Barbara Lanzoni, Enrico Vesperini +7

Blue stragglers are anomalously massive core hydrogen-burning stars that, according to the theory of single star evolution, should not exist. They are suspected to form in mass-enh…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

Charting circumstellar chemistry of carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch stars. II. Abundances and spatial distributions of CS

R. Unnikrishnan, M. Andriantsaralaza, E. De Beck +9

The circumstellar envelopes (CSEs) of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars harbour a rich variety of molecules and are sites of complex chemistry. Our current understanding of the c…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 2 cited

Discovery of the binary nature of the magnetospheric B-type star Oph A

M. E. Shultz, I. Berry, D. Bohlender +11

The nearby B-type star Oph A was recently identified as a rapidly rotating magnetic B-type star with variable radio and X-ray emission consistent with a magnetospheric origin.…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

PoET: the Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope

Nuno C. Santos, Alexandre Cabral, Inês Leite +42

The detection and characterisation of other "Earths", orbiting other suns, is a bold objective of present-day astrophysics. However, this quest is severely challenged by astrophysi…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 4 cited

Short- and long-term variations of the high mass accretion rate classical T Tauri star DR Tau

Gabriella Zsidi, Ágnes Kóspál, Péter Ábrahám +20

Classical T Tauri stars are newly formed, low mass stars which may display both periodic and random variations in their brightness. The interaction between the star and its circums…