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Can isolated binaries form unequal-mass binary black-hole mergers with a high-spin primary black hole?
Xiao-Tian Xu, Dong Lai, Bin Liu
GWTC-5 has revealed a subpopulation of merging binary black holes (BBHs) with a high-spin primary black hole (BH) and possibly unequal BH masses. GW241110 additionally exhibits a l…
Interacting binaries on the Main Sequence as in-situ tracers of mass transfer efficiency and stability
Koushik Sen, Mathieu Renzo, Harim Jin +8
Understanding the transfer of mass and angular momentum in binary interactions is crucial for modelling the evolution of any interacting binary after the first mass transfer phase.…
Subgiants in NGC 188 Reveal that Rotationally Induced Mixing Creates the Main Sequence Li-Dip
Qinghui Sun, Constantine P. Deliyannis, Barbara J. Anthony-Twarog +3
The "Li-Dip" is an unexpected, striking, and highly non-standard anomaly of severe lithium depletion observed in mid-F dwarf stars, which has puzzled astronomers for nearly 40 year…
Using detailed single star and binary evolution models to probe the large observed luminosity spread of red supergiants in young open star clusters
Chen Wang, Lee Patrick, Abel Schootemeijer +12
Red supergiants (RSGs) represent a late evolutionary stage of massive stars. Recent observations reveal that the observed luminosity range of RSGs in young open clusters is wider t…
Stripped helium-star and compact object binaries in coeval populations -- predictions based on detailed binary evolution models
Chen Wang, Julia Bodensteiner, Xiao-Tian Xu +9
Massive stars mainly form in close binaries, where their mutual interactions can profoundly alter their evolutionary paths. Evolved binaries consisting of a massive OB-type main-se…
Unequal-mass, highly-spinning binary black hole mergers in the stable mass transfer formation channel
Aleksandra Olejak, Jakub Klencki, Xiao-Tian Xu +3
The growing database of gravitational-wave (GW) detections with the binary black holes (BHs) merging in the distant Universe contains subtle insights into their formation scenarios…