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Constraining the overcontact phase in massive binary evolution -- II. Period stability of known O+O overcontact systems
Michael Abdul-Masih, Ana Escorza, Athira Menon +2
Given that mergers are often invoked to explain many exotic phenomena in massive star evolution, understanding the evolutionary phase directly preceding a merger, the overcontact p…
SPAMMS: applications and use cases for the 3D spectroscopic analysis technique to study deformed massive stars
Michael Abdul-Masih
Whether it be due to rapid rotation or binary interactions, deviations from spherical symmetry are common in massive stars. These deviations from spherical symmetry are known to ca…
Identifying quiescent compact objects in massive Galactic single-lined spectroscopic binaries
L. Mahy, H. Sana, T. Shenar +13
Aims. To search for these rare objects, we study 32 Galactic O-type stars that were reported as SB1s in the literature. In our sample we include Cyg X-1, which is known to host an…
An X-ray quiet black hole born with a negligible kick in a massive binary within the Large Magellanic Cloud
Tomer Shenar, Hugues Sana, Laurent Mahy +35
Stellar-mass black holes are the final remnants of stars born with more than 15 solar masses. Billions are expected to reside in the Local Group, yet only few are known, mostly det…
Detecting Stripped Stars While Searching for Quiescent Black Holes
J. Bodensteiner, M. Heida, M. Abdul-Masih +13
While the number of stellar-mass black holes detected in X-rays or as gravitational wave sources is steadily increasing, the known population remains orders of magnitude smaller th…