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most citedThe contribution from stars stripped in binaries to cosmic reionization of hydrogen and helium

62 citations · 304 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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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

Intermediate-Mass Stripped Stars in the Magellanic Clouds: Forward Modeling the Observed Population Discovered Via UV Excess

Lisa Blomberg, Kareem El-Badry, Bethany Ludwig +2

Stripped stars are hot, helium-rich stars formed when binary interactions remove a star's hydrogen envelope. While low-mass () and high-mass ($\gtrsim 8 M_\odot…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 14 cited

Binarity at LOw Metallicity (BLOeM): The multiplicity properties and evolution of BAF-type supergiants

L. R. Patrick, D. J. Lennon, F. Najarro +36

Given the uncertain evolutionary status of blue supergiant stars, their multiplicity properties hold vital clues to better understand their origin and evolution. As part of The Bin…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 17 cited

Binarity at Low Metallicity (BLOeM) -- Multiplicity properties of Oe and Be stars

J. Bodensteiner, T. Shenar, H. Sana +40

Rapidly rotating classical OBe stars have been proposed as the products of binary interactions, and the fraction of Be stars with compact companions implies that at least some are.…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 13 cited

The mass distribution of stars stripped in binaries: The effect of metallicity

B. Hovis-Afflerbach, Y. Götberg, A. Schootemeijer +4

Stars stripped of their hydrogen-rich envelopes through binary interaction are thought to be responsible for both hydrogen-poor supernovae and the hard ionizing radiation observed…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 55 cited

The young massive SMC cluster NGC 330 seen by MUSE II. Multiplicity properties of the massive-star population

J. Bodensteiner, H. Sana, C. Wang +10

Observations of massive stars in young open clusters (< ~8 Myr) have shown that a majority of them are in binary systems, most of which will interact during their life. Populations…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 54 cited

Binary-Stripped Stars as Core-Collapse Supernovae Progenitors

David Vartanyan, Eva Laplace, Mathieu Renzo +3

Most massive stars experience binary interactions in their lifetimes that can alter both the surface and core structure of the stripped star with significant effects on their ultim…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 31 cited

Stars stripped in binaries -- the living gravitational wave sources

Y. Götberg, V. Korol, A. Lamberts +4

Binary interaction can cause stellar envelopes to be stripped, which significantly reduces the radius of the star. The orbit of a binary composed of a stripped star and a compact o…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 56 cited

The young massive SMC cluster NGC 330 seen by MUSE. I. Observations and stellar content

J. Bodensteiner, H. Sana, L. Mahy +9

A majority of massive stars are part of binary systems, a large fraction of which will inevitably interact during their lives. Binary-interaction products (BiPs), i.e. stars affect…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 62 cited

The contribution from stars stripped in binaries to cosmic reionization of hydrogen and helium

Y. Gotberg, S. E. de Mink, M. McQuinn +3

Massive stars are often found in binary systems and it has been argued that binary products boost the ionizing radiation of stellar populations. Accurate predictions for binary pro…