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The Evolution of Massive Binary Stars
Pablo Marchant, Julia Bodensteiner
Massive stars play a major role in the evolution of their host galaxies, and serve as important probes of the distant Universe. It has been established that the majority of massive…
Constraints on neutrino natal kicks from black-hole binary VFTS 243
Alejandro Vigna-Gómez, Reinhold Willcox, Irene Tamborra +8
The recently reported observation of VFTS 243 is the first example of a massive black-hole binary system with negligible binary interaction following black-hole formation. The blac…
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…
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…
A massive helium star with a sufficiently strong magnetic field to form a magnetar
T. Shenar, G. A. Wade, P. Marchant +13
Magnetars are highly magnetized neutron stars; their formation mechanism is unknown. Hot helium-rich stars with spectra dominated by emission lines are known as Wolf-Rayet stars. W…
Everything that glitters is not gold: V1315 Cas is not a dormant black hole
J. Zak, D. Jones, H. M. J. Boffin +11
The quest for quiet or dormant black holes has been ongoing since several decades. Ellipsoidal variables possibly indicate the existence of a very high-mass invisible companion and…