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most citedIs HR 6819 a triple system containing a black hole? -- An alternative explanation

108 citations · 233 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

astro-ph.SR20221 cited

First spatially resolved Na I and He I transitions towards an MYSO. Finding new tracers for the gaseous star/disc interface

Evgenia Koumpia, M. Koutoulaki, W. -J. de Wit +4

With steady observational advances, the formation of massive stars is being understood in more detail. Numerical models are converging on a scenario where accretion discs play a ke…

astro-ph.SR2022

The Nature of Unseen Companions in Massive Single-Line Spectroscopic Binaries

Hugues Sana, Michael Abdul-Masih, Gareth Banyard +14

Massive stars are predominantly found in binaries and higher order multiples. While the period and eccentricity distributions of OB stars are now well established across different…

astro-ph.SR202232 cited

HR 6819 is a binary system with no black hole -- revisiting the source with infrared interferometry and optical integral field spectroscopy

A. J. Frost, J. Bodensteiner, Th. Rivinius +16

Two scenarios have been proposed to match the existing observational constraints of the object HR 6819. The system could consist of a close inner B-type giant plus a black hole (BH…

astro-ph.SR202224 cited

Planet Hunters TESS IV: A massive, compact hierarchical triple star system TIC 470710327

Nora L. Eisner, Cole Johnston, Silvia Toonen +37

We report the discovery and analysis of a massive, compact, hierarchical triple system (TIC 470710327) initially identified by citizen scientists in data obtained by NASA's Transit…

astro-ph.SR20217 cited

Tying the geometrical traits of massive young stellar objects and their discs to a potential evolutionary sequence using infrared observations

A. J. Frost, R. D. Oudmaijer, S. L. Lumsden +1

Young massive stars influence their surroundings from local to galactic scales, but the observational challenges associated with their distance and embedded nature has, until the r…

astro-ph.SR202118 cited

The first interferometric survey in the K-band of massive YSOs. On the hot dust, ionised gas, and binarity at au scales

E. Koumpia, W. -J. de Wit, R. D. Oudmaijer +8

Circumstellar discs are essential for high mass star formation, while multiplicity, in particular binarity, appears to be an inevitable outcome since the vast majority of massive s…