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astro-ph.SR2023★ 23 cited

ATOMIUM: Molecular inventory of 17 oxygen-rich evolved stars observed with ALMA

S. H. J. Wallstrom, T. Danilovich, H. S. P. Muller +35

The dusty winds of cool evolved stars are a major contributor of the newly synthesised material enriching the Galaxy and future generations of stars. However, the details of the ph…

astro-ph.SR2023

Relation between magnetic field inclination and apparent motion of penumbral grains

Michal Sobotka, Jan Jurčák, J. Sebastián Castellanos Durán +1

Context. Bright heads of penumbral filaments, penumbral grains (PGs), show apparent horizontal motions inwards, towards the umbra, or outwards, away from the umbra. Aims. We aim to…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 1 cited

Two fluid dynamics in solar prominences

S. J. González Manrique, E. Khomenko, M. Collados +3

Solar prominences contain a significant amount of neutral species. The dynamics of the ionised and neutral fluids composing the prominence plasma can be slightly different if the c…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 4 cited

Wind-mass transfer in S-type symbiotic binaries IV. Indication of high wind-mass-transfer efficiency from active phases

Augustin Skopal, Natalia Shagatova

Observational indications of wind-mass transfer from an evolved giant to its distant white dwarf (WD) companion in symbiotic binaries are rare. Here, we present a way to examine th…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 14 cited

Constraints on the multiplicity of the most massive stars known: R136 a1, a2, a3, and c

T. Shenar, H. Sana, P. A. Crowther +5

The most massive stars known to date are R 136 a1, a2, a3, and c within the central cluster R 136a of the Tarantula nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), with reported masses…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 21 cited

The young massive SMC cluster NGC 330 seen by MUSE III. Stellar parameters and rotational velocities

J. Bodensteiner, H. Sana, P. L. Dufton +11

The origin of initial rotation rates of stars, and how a star's surface rotational velocity changes during the evolution, either by internal angular momentum transport or due to in…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 25 cited

MWC 656 is unlikely to contain a black hole

S. Janssens, T. Shenar, N. Degenaar +4

Context. MWC 656 was reported as the first known Be star with a black-hole (BH) companion in a 60 d period. The mass of the proposed BH companion is estimated to be between 4 - 7 M…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 29 cited

The fastest stars in the Galaxy

Kareem El-Badry, Ken J. Shen, Vedant Chandra +18

We report a spectroscopic search for hypervelocity white dwarfs (WDs) that are runaways from Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and related thermonuclear explosions. Candidates are select…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 6 cited

Analysis of Solar-like X-Class Flare on Wolf 359 Observed Simultaneously with TESS and XMM-Newton

Małgorzata Pietras, Robert Falewicz, Marek Siarkowski +3

We present an analysis of a flare on the Wolf 359 star based on simultaneous observations of TESS and XMM-Newton. A stellar flare with energy comparable to an X-class solar flare i…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 1 cited

Density asymmetry and wind velocities in the orbital plane of the symbiotic binary EG Andromedae

N. Shagatova, A. Skopal, E. Kundra +4

Context. Non-dusty late-type giants without a corona and large-scale pulsations represent objects that do not fulfil the conditions under which standard mass-loss mechanisms can be…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 12 cited

BU Canis Minoris -- the Most Compact Known Flat Doubly Eclipsing Quadruple System

Theodor Pribulla, Tamás Borkovits, Rahul Jayaraman +25

We have found that the 2+2 quadruple star system BU CMi is currently the most compact quadruple system known, with an extremely short outer period of only 121 days. The previous re…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 4 cited

PM 1-322: new variable planetary nebula

E. Paunzen, K. Bernhard, J. Budaj +4

Spectra of planetary nebulae (PNe) are characterised by strong forbidden emission lines and often also by an infrared (IR) excess. A few PNe show dust obscuration events and/or har…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 5 cited

Magnetic field fluctuations in the shocked umbral chromosphere

T. Felipe, S. J. González Manrique, C. R. Sangeetha +1

Several studies have reported magnetic field fluctuations associated with umbral shock waves. We aim to study the properties and origin of magnetic field fluctuations in the umbral…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 27 cited

A transiting brown dwarf in a 2 hour orbit

Kareem El-Badry, Kevin B. Burdge, Jan van Roestel +1

We report the discovery of ZTF J2020+5033, a high-mass brown dwarf (BD) transiting a low-mass star with an orbital period of 1.90 hours. Phase-resolved spectroscopy, optical and in…

astro-ph.SR2023

Comprehensive analysis of a symbiotic candidate V503 Her

J. Merc, R. Gális, M. Wolf +10

V503 Her was previously proposed as an eclipsing symbiotic candidate based on photometric behavior and spectroscopic appearance indicating the composite optical spectrum. To invest…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 10 cited

Detection of seven 2+2 doubly eclipsing quadruple systems

P. Zasche, Z. Henzl, M. Masek +4

In this work, we study a heterogeneous group of seven stellar systems for the first time. Despite their different distances or spectral types, all of them belong to a very rare gro…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 61 cited

X-Shooting ULLYSES: massive stars at low metallicity. I. Project Description

Jorick S. Vink, A. Mehner, P. A. Crowther +78

Observations of individual massive stars, super-luminous supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, and gravitational-wave events involving spectacular black-hole mergers, indicate that the low…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 7 cited

The Z Camelopardalis-type star AY Piscium: stellar and accretion disk parameters

Jan Kára, Sergey Zharikov, Marek Wolf +5

We present a new study of the Z~Cam-type eclipsing cataclysmic variable AY~Piscium with the aim of determining the fundamental parameters of the system and the structure of the acc…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 3 cited

The emergence of a neutral wind region in the orbital plane of symbiotic binaries during their outbursts

Augustin Skopal

Accretion of mass onto a white dwarf (WD) in a binary system can lead to stellar explosions. If a WD accretes from stellar wind of a distant evolved giant in a symbiotic binary, it…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 9 cited

The first massive compact companion in a wide orbit around a hot subdwarf star

S. Geier, M. Dorsch, H. Dawson +5

We report the discovery of the first hot subdwarf B (sdB) star with a massive compact companion in a wide () binary system. It was discovered based on an a…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 8 cited

Massive pre-main-sequence stars in M17: and overtone CO bandhead emission and the thermal infrared

J. Poorta, M. C. Ramírez-Tannus, A. de Koter +4

Recently much progress has been made in probing the embedded stages of massive star formation, pointing to formation scenarios akin to a scaled up version of low-mass star formatio…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 6 cited

2021 superoutburst of WZ Sge-type dwarf nova V627 Pegasi lacks an early superhump phase

Yusuke Tampo, Taichi Kato, Naoto Kojiguchi +27

Superoutbursts in WZ Sge-type dwarf novae (DNe) are characterized by both early superhumps and ordinary superhumps originating from the 2:1 and 3:1 resonances, respectively. Howeve…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 41 cited

X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive stars at low metallicity. III. Terminal wind speeds of ULLYSES massive stars

C. Hawcroft, H. Sana, L. Mahy +26

The winds of massive stars have an impact on stellar evolution and on the surrounding medium. The maximum speed reached by these outflows, the terminal wind speed, is a global wind…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 14 cited

Spectroscopic and evolutionary analyses of the binary system AzV 14 outline paths toward the WR stage at low metallicity

D. Pauli, L. M. Oskinova, W. -R. Hamann +16

The origin of the observed population of Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars in low-metallicity (low-Z) galaxies, such as the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), is not yet understood. Standard, singl…