The multiplicity of massive stars: a 2016 view

Abstract

Massive stars like company. Here, we provide a brief overview of progresses made over the last 5 years by a number of medium and large surveys. These results provide new insights on the observed and intrinsic multiplicity properties of main sequence massive stars and on the initial conditions for their future evolution. They also bring new interesting constraints on the outcome of the massive star formation process.

To appear in Proceedings of IAY Symposium 329; 1 table, 7 figures [Revised version: typos and updated references]

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